During this episode of Winston & Strawn’s Benefits Blast Podcast, Employee Benefits attorneys David Rogers and Ruth Wimer talk about the Retention Credit details, guidelines, and opportunities for organizations.

During this episode of Winston & Strawn’s Benefits Blast Podcast, Employee Benefits attorneys David Rogers and Ruth Wimer and Pro Bono Counsel Tara Moss discuss the Retention Credit details, guidelines, and opportunities for tax-exempt organizations.

During this episode of Winston & Strawn’s Benefits Blast Podcast, Employee Benefits Attorney Steve Flores and Litigation Attorney Cardelle Spangler talk about legislation that states have enacted in order to combat workplace sexual harassment in light of the #MeToo Movement.

During this episode of Winston & Strawn’s Benefits Blast Podcast, Employee Benefits Attorneys Joe Adams and Anne Becker talk about how smart employers are helping their employees address the challenges of student loan debt.

During this episode of Winston & Strawn’s Benefits Blast Podcast, Employee Benefits Attorneys Susan Nash and Jessica Diedrich talk about adoption and surrogacy benefits and how these innovative programs are being offered by employers.

The Dodd-Frank Act amended the SEC to require public company proxies to disclose any company policies regarding the hedging of company shares by the company’s employees and directors. Last December, the SEC finalized rules implementing that new requirement, meaning that most public companies will be required to follow the new disclosure rules in their next proxy filing. During this episode of Winston & Strawn’s Benefits Blast Podcast, Executive Compensation Partners Mike Melbinger and Joe Adams discuss how the new hedging rules differ from the existing rules, what share holdings are covered by the new rules, which individuals should be covered by a company’s hedging policy, and what smart companies should do now to ease compliance with the new requirements.

What is an in-plan Roth 401(k) conversion and why is it relevant today? During this episode of Winston & Strawn’s Benefits Blast Podcast, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Attorneys Nancy Gerrie and James Isaac discuss Roth conversions inside a 401(k) plan and provide key takeaways for employers who are considering adopting this feature in their 401(k) plan.

Why should employers be thinking about litigation when working with executive compensation plans? In this episode of Winston & Strawn’s Benefits Blast Podcast, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Partners Mike Melbinger and Steve Flores talk about drafting improvements for executive employment and compensation agreements that are intended to help reduce employers’ risk of getting sued.

Since 2015, the IRS, DOL, and PBGC have been paying close attention to how employers locate missing participants, including increased scrutiny of timely payment of required minimum distributions (RMDs) for participants at or near age 70-1/2. In particular, the DOL has undertaken numerous investigations on missing participants as part of its Terminated Vested Participant Project (TVPP). During this episode of Winston & Strawn’s Benefits Blast Podcast, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Attorneys David Rogers and David Diaz will discuss this ongoing initiative and how the DOL is challenging employers specifically. They will discuss the DOL investigation process and provide best practices regarding missing participants that employers should take into consideration.

How do privacy and security laws affect employers? What do employers need to do to protect themselves? During this episode of Winston & Strawn’s Benefits Blast Podcast, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Partner Steve Flores interviews Privacy & Data Security Of Counsel Alessandra Swanson on these important questions and many more. They will discuss federal and state privacy laws, collection of biometric information, recent litigation trends, HIPAA compliance, the rise in phishing threats, and what employers need to be on the lookout for in terms of data security.