ERISA Reporting and Disclosure: Statutory Exclusions and Exemptions
Penalties for Noncompliance and How to Avoid Them; Management Tools for Benefits Counsel and Plan Sponsors
Recording of a 90-minute premium CLE webinar with Q&A
This CLE course will provide counsel and compliance professionals guidance on the reporting and disclosure requirements of employee benefit plans under ERISA. The panel will examine the rules that require reporting financial and other plan information to various agencies, statutory exclusions and exemptions, and penalties of noncompliance and mechanisms to avoid them.
Outline
- ERISA reporting and disclosure requirements imposed on plan administrators
- Statutory exclusions and exemptions under DOL regulations
- Rules for financial and other plan information: reporting and disclosure to government agencies, participants and beneficiaries
- Noncompliance penalties and best practices to avoid them
Benefits
The panel will review these and other crucial issues:
- Plans subject to reporting and disclosure under ERISA
- Exemptions and exclusions for specific plans
- Form 5500 annual reporting
- IRS and Treasury Department reporting requirements
- DOL reporting requirements
- Disclosures to participants and beneficiaries
- Penalties for noncompliance with reporting and disclosure rules
- Best practices for counsel and compliance professionals
Faculty
Sharon M. Goodman
Principal
Slevin & Hart
Ms. Goodman focuses her practice on employee benefits law and has extensive experience in matters relating to... | Read More
Ms. Goodman focuses her practice on employee benefits law and has extensive experience in matters relating to health and pension plan design and compliance, including the Affordable Care Act, tax qualification and complex investments. She also advises clients in the areas of plan administration and benefit claim processing. She designs and drafts employee benefit plans, including defined benefit, defined compensation, non-qualified deferred compensation, and health plans. She also has significant experience with plan investments in alternative asset classes and the negotiation of complex investment agreements.
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Emily Rickard
Atty
McDermott Will & Emery
Ms. Rickard focuses her practice on employee benefits matters. In addition to employee benefits, she concentrates... | Read More
Ms. Rickard focuses her practice on employee benefits matters. In addition to employee benefits, she concentrates on ERISA dispute resolution, executive compensation, health and welfare benefits, and retirement benefits.
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Roberta Casper Watson
Partner
The Wagner Law Group
Ms. Watson focuses on ERISA and employee benefits. She concentrates on a wide array of areas including, pension and... | Read More
Ms. Watson focuses on ERISA and employee benefits. She concentrates on a wide array of areas including, pension and profit sharing plans, health and welfare benefit plans, including COBRA, HIPAA and the Affordable Care Act, ERISA fiduciary decision-making, Employee Stock Ownership Plans, benefits litigation backup, benefits aspects of mergers and acquisitions, employee benefits aspects of family law, labor laws affecting employee benefits, other employee benefits and deferred Compensation, and employee benefit disputes and employee benefits claims.
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