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• Jonathan B. Dubitzky
• David A. Guadagnoli
• Amy E. Sheridan
• Ilene Robinson Sunshine

• Private Corporations and the New Golden Parachute Regulations

• Informative Seminar for Benefits Professionals
• ERISA Reporting and Disclosure Requirements: Form 5500. . .and Beyond!
• Plan Terminations: Case Studies and Real World Examples
• Update on DOL Initiatives and Enforcement Program, Plus the Latest on QDIAs
• The New England Chapter of the ESOP Association
• A Journey to Employee Ownership: The Future is in Your Hands
• Benefits and Risk Management: A Workshop for Employers
• How to Fix a Messed Up Benefit Plan
• International Fiscal Association (New England Region) Breakfast Roundtable
• New England Employee Benefits Council
• The New England Chapter of The ESOP Association

• DOL Announces 401(k) Deposit Timing Safe Harbor for Small Plans
• Month-End Benefits Reminders
• Employer Use of Revised Form I-9 Mandatory as of December 26, 2007
• IRS Announces Limited Relief for Section 409A Operational Mistakes
• IRS Announces Key 2008 Indexed Limits
• IRS Reverses Course, Again Extends Section 409A Transitional Period
• Massachusetts Health Care Reform: Update and a New Deadline
• IRS Postpones Deadline for Documentary Compliance with Section 409A
• A Question-and-Answer Guide to Code Section 409A
• Employer Obligations and Massachusetts Health Care Reform
• Final Section 409A Regulations Make Some Important Changes
• HIPAA Privacy Reminder
• Reminder of ISO/ESPP Reporting Obligations
• IRS Announces Key 2007 Indexed Limits
• IRS Extends Section 409A Transition Period Until December 2007
• Option Backdating: What Companies Can Do Now to Avoid Problems
• Congress Modifies "Plan Asset" Rules; Makes Certain Pension Investments Easier
• HIPAA Security Rules
• A Question and Answer Guide to Code Section 409A
• Critical Change to the Massachusetts Personal Income Statute Recently Adopted
• IRS Suspends 409A Reporting and Withholding Requirements for 2005
• Summary of Key 2006 Indexed Limits
• A Call to Action: Proposed Regulations on New Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Law May Require Action by Year-End
• Congress Modifies Retirement Plan Rules for Victims of Hurricane Katrina
• IRS and DOL Provide Benefits Relief for Victims of Hurricane Katrina
• New USERRA Notice Requirement
• Plan Sponsors Must Now Comply With New Automatic Rollover Rules
• ISO Reporting Obligations
• A Small Sigh of Relief: IRS Issues First Guidance on the New Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Law
• Update on New Deferred Compensation Law
• Hurry Up and Wait: A Practical Guide to the New Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Law
• Disability Benefits
• Same-Sex Marriage
• Congress Working to Limit Nonqualified Deferred Compensation
• IRS Follows DOL Lead Concerning Charging Plan Expenses to Accounts of Former Employees
• ISO Reporting Obligations

Employment & Benefits

Sullivan & Worcester's employment & benefits specialists combine sophisticated techniques with years of experience to help employers develop employment and benefit policies and programs that best fit the needs of their employees. Our team works with employers to formulate practical solutions to a broad range of employment-related
problems — fitting compensation and benefit packages into the larger picture, while maximizing the impact of benefit dollars. Our lawyers regularly work with clients on employment discrimination, sexual harassment, employee discipline and discharge, handbooks and policy development, executive contracts, on-site training for managers and employees, designing and implementing all forms of retirement welfare, fringe, deferred compensation and equity compensation plans, in addition to working with individuals on compensation packages and retirement planning.

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