The Employee Benefits Group at BERENBAUM WEINSHIENK PC brings extensive knowledge and experience to this complex area of the law. We provide assistance to our clients in benefits matters including but not limited to those involving:
- Qualified retirement plan matters (i.e. 401(k), 401(a), 403(b), 457, money purchase pension, defined benefit and employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) matters) including design, compliance, tax and Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) advice, including extensive experience dealing with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Department of Labor (DOL).
- Collectively bargained (multiemployer), nonprofit, governmental and church plans.
- Nonqualified deferred compensation (including 457(b) and 457(f) plans), funding, compliance (including 409A), tax, and ERISA advice.
- Stock options (qualified and nonqualified), restricted stock and other equity-based compensation.
- ERISA fiduciary duty, plan asset, prohibited transaction, reporting and disclosure and other ERISA matters, including DOL audit experience.
- Welfare plan matters (cafeteria, health insurance, self-funded health benefits, severance, etc.) including design, compliance, taxation and ERISA advice and representation before the Colorado Insurance Commission.
- Practical advice regarding violations of ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code, including extensive experience with the DOL's amnesty program and the IRS's Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System (EPCRS).
- Due diligence employee benefits issues in connection with mergers, acquisitions, spinoffs, and layoffs.
- COBRA, FMLA, HIPAA, ADA, ADEA, WARN Act and numerous other federal and state laws affecting employee benefit plans.
- Litigation involving employee benefits and ERISA matters.
- Collection actions for multiemployer plans.
Attorneys in our Employee Benefits and Retirement Plans Practice Group are: