Employee Benefits and ERISA
Overview
Nutter has more than 40 years of experience in employee benefits law, forming a deep base of knowledge and expertise in all employment matters. Our attorneys help design and implement benefit programs efficiently and cost-effectively for a broad spectrum of clients in the operation of tax-qualified, non-qualified retirement, health and welfare plans, fringe benefits, and deferred compensation plans for employees and executives.
Our Practice
Our representation also includes all aspects of continuing compliance with both the federal tax code and ERISA, as well as other applicable federal and state laws affecting compensation and employee benefit arrangements, including the Pension Protection Act, the Affordable Care Act, the Massachusetts Health Mandate, and COBRA.
Representative services provided by members of the practice group responsible for ERISA and employee benefit matters include:
- Advice regarding maintenance of tax-qualified status of 401(a), 401(k), 403(b), 457, and other individual account plans (including traditional and Roth IRAs), defined contribution plans, and defined benefit pension plans
- Representation of plan sponsors, administrators, and fiduciaries in audit and other proceedings before government agencies, such as the U.S. Department of Labor, Internal Revenue Service, and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
- Counseling plan sponsors and trustees regarding fiduciary rules of conduct and the development of best practices for fiduciary decision making
- Developing and implementing internal audit and self-correction procedures for operational failures, including failures that could adversely affect a plan’s tax qualified status
- Providing advice regarding the application of the prohibited transaction rules of ERISA and the federal tax code to conduct contemplated or undertaken by fiduciaries and other parties-in-interest
- Drafting employee communications regarding employee benefits
- Assisting clients on non-pension matters, including insured and self-insured group health plans, cafeteria/Section 125 plans, flexible spending arrangements, health savings accounts, health reimbursement accounts, long-term care arrangements, and severance plans
View Practice Team
Representative Matters
Representative Matters
News & Insights
News
Events
Publications
Blog Posts
Related Industries
Related Areas
Experience
- miEdge
Nutter served as sole legal advisor to miEdge, the premier provider of lead generation, data analytics, and prospecting solutions specifically designed for the insurance industry, in its acquisition by Zywave, the leading insurtech provider powering agency growth.
- Globe Composite Solutions, LLC
Nutter served as legal advisor to Globe Composite Solutions, LLC (Globe), a navy submarine supplier, in its acquisition by ESCO Technologies Inc. (NYSE: ESE), a global provider of highly engineered products and solutions to diverse and growing end-markets that include the aerospace, space, healthcare, wireless, consumer electronics, electric utility, and renewable energy industries.
Trending
- 04.03.2018 | Legal Advisory
- 03.27.2018 | Legal Advisory