Given all the recent news about student loans and the impact on both individual lives and the economy as a whole, we thought it was time to review what an employer can do to assist those either currently in post-secondary or technical schools as well as those who have graduated and now have loans.
Posted on April 15, 2024 By Kushner & Company
Categories:
401(k),
Benefits,
Blog,
Defined Contribution Plan,
Educational Assistance,
ERISA-ACA Compliance,
Learning and Development,
Team Rewards,
Total Rewards,
Work / Life Balance
On March 11, 2021 President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). It contains many HR and benefit-related items, and in this post we’ll cover the temporary rules that apply only to 2021 for an increase in the limits for pre-tax Dependent Care Reimbursement Accounts (DCRAs).
Posted on March 18, 2021 By Gary B. Kushner, SPHR, CBP, President
Categories:
Administration,
Blog,
COVID-19,
Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA),
FSA / HSA / HRA,
HR Policies and Procedures,
Work / Life Balance
The IRS has recently sort of, kind of, maybe, in special circumstances enabled employers to make a matching contribution to their 401(k) plan on behalf of eligible plan participants who, instead of contributing to the 401(k), make certain qualifying student loan repayments instead.
Posted on October 18, 2018 By Gary B. Kushner, SPHR, CBP, President
Categories:
401(k),
Benefits,
Blog,
Compensation,
Defined Contribution Plan,
ERISA-ACA Compliance,
Retirement Plans,
Summary Plan Descriptions,
Team Rewards,
Work / Life Balance
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, signed into law in December 2017, created a new business credit for employers that offer paid family and medical leave and which are subject to the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA).
Posted on April 16, 2018 By Gary B. Kushner, SPHR, CBP, President
Categories:
Benefits,
Blog,
ERISA-ACA Compliance,
Health and Welfare Team,
HR Compliance,
HR Outsourcing,
Team Rewards,
Work / Life Balance
