Deals and People March 22, 2013

PLANSPONSOR Announces 2013 Plan Sponsor of the Year: DB

March 22, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - PLANSPONSOR proudly announces the 2013 winner of its annual Plan Sponsor of the Year award in the DB category.
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And the winner is: Baystate Health, in Springfield, Massachusetts.  

 

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The finalist in the category is: 

General Motors, in Detroit, Michigan.  

 

The Plan Sponsors of the Year will be recognized at PLANSPONSOR’s annual Awards for Excellence dinner in New York City on March 27, and also will be featured in the March issue of PLANSPONSOR magazine.      

About the Award     

Each year, the editors of PLANSPONSOR magazine, the nation’s leading information resource about workplace retirement plans, honors those employers that demonstrate leadership in providing a more secure retirement for workers. Strong plan metrics, relevant plan design, and a commitment to participant education are the hallmarks of distinction of PLANSPONSOR’s Plan Sponsor of the Year award winners.    

Products March 21, 2013

Proskauer Offers ERISA Resource for Employers

March 21, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Proskauer Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation & ERISA Litigation Practice Center has launched the ERISA Practice Center Blog.
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The blog will serve as a resource to help employers formulate strategies to address unfolding legal and business developments that impact employee benefit plans and assets.  

“As ERISA lawyers know, 2014 will be a year of tremendous change,” said Howard Shapiro, partner and co-head of the Proskauer ERISA (Employee Retirement Income Security Act) Litigation Group. “The ERISA Practice Center Blog will discuss pending legal changes and issues before they take place to empower employers with the information they need to avoid costly litigation.”   

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Proskauer Partner and Practice Center Co-Chair Myron Rumeld added, “In particular, the Affordable Care Act ushered in many new responsibilities for employers who will be challenged to explain changes under the new law in a way their employees will understand and who may be the subject of employee lawsuits if these communications are not handled properly.”   

The new blog provides commentary on a variety of ERISA-related topics, including: 

  • Employers’ new responsibilities under the Affordable Care Act;  
  • Managing ERISA class action litigation;  
  • Benefit claim administration and litigation avoidance; and  
  • Breaking news on fiduciary responsibility and changes under the law. 

 

The blog is at http://www.erisapracticecenter.com/.

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