IRRCi Research Report The Alignment Gap Between Creating Value, Performance Measurement, and Long-Term Incentive Design The analysis, opinions and perspectives herein are the sole responsibility of the authors. The copyright for this report is held by the IRRC Institute. The material in this report may be reproduced and distributed without advanced permission, but only if attributed. If...

Executive Compensation and Benefits The Executive Compensation and Benefits practice at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and affiliates (“Skadden”) advises public and private companies, management, boards of directors and executives on a full range of matters relating to employee compensation plans and arrangements, including issues arising in the areas of the...

September 2015 Follow @Paul_Hastings DOJ’s New Focus on Corporate Executives: The Practical Effects By Kenneth M. Breen, John P. Nowak, Terra Reynolds & Christopher Allen The Department of Justice (“DOJ”) issued new policies last week to address public criticism and perception that DOJ had failed to prosecute individual corporate executives in the wake of...

Crowe Financial Services Tax Insights™ 2016 No. 1 – Winter Issue Death Benefit Only Plans: Taxation, Withholding, and Reporting Issues By Tyler P. Johnson and Thomas J. Tyler, CPA Financial institutions looking for a way to attract and retain top talent or to enhance employee benefits for important employees should consider establishing a death benefit only (DBO) plan. DBO...

In Plain Sight: 10 Common Employee Benefit Plan Pitfalls Mayer Hoffman McCann P.C. is pleased to present this whitepaper on the common errors that occur in employee benefit plan reporting. Qualified retirement benefit plans are dynamic. Tax laws change. Employees enter and leave the retirement plan and make changes to their contribution levels. Qualified retirement plans must also be prepared to...

Publication - 04/29/2016 Take Care When Recruiting from the Competition Society for Human Resource Management Philadelphia Labor & Employment partner Dan Aiken’s article, “Take Care When Recruiting from the Competition” was published in The Society for Human Resource...

Client Alert April 25, 2016 New Executive Compensation Rule At-A-Glance On April 21, 2016, the National Credit Union Administration approved a proposed rule on incentive compensation under Section 956 of the Dodd-Frank Act. The other appropriate Federal regulators, as defined in Section 956, are expected to follow suit shortly. Following is a chart of the key provisions of the proposal....

Client Alert Client Alert Executive Compensation & Benefits Corporate & Securities Financial Services Executive Compensation & Benefits May 18, 2016 Bank Regulators Revive Restrictions on Incentive-Based Compensation By Mark C. Jones and Robert L. Tian Financial regulators have proposed new rules limiting the incentive pay of employees and other service providers at...

Director and Executive Compensation Remains a Hot Topic for 2016 March 4, 2016 A series of recent Delaware Chancery Court and Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) decisions—coupled with anticipated SEC action to finalize the three remaining Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act compensation rules—emphasize that director and...

Employee Benefits Update March 2016 HIGHLIGHTS IN THIS ISSUE Terminating the Employer Stock Fund: RJR Court Outlines Template for Prudent Process Fiduciaries seeking to terminate the employer stock fund need a prudent process to support the decision. The district court in the lengthy Tatum v. RJR Pension Inv. Comm. litigation has endorsed at least one approach as the template for a...

Pension & Benefits Daily ™ Reproduced with permission from Pension & Benefits Daily, 154 PBD, 08/11/2015. Copyright ஽ 2015 by The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. (800-372-1033) http://www.bna.com Hold It or Fold It: Keeping or Terminating the Employer Stock Fund After Dudenhoeffer and Tatum BY ROSINA B. BARKER AND KEVIN P. O’BRIEN n this...

APRIL 22, 2016 BENEFITS & COMPENSATION UPDATE By: Norman J. Misher, Allen J. Erreich, Judy M. Hensley, Charles C. Shulman and Chase B. Steinlauf In This Issue:     ERISA Fiduciaries, Privacy and Cybersecurity IRS Adopts Flexible Position to Mid-Year Changes to Safe Harbor Plans Form 5500 Updates ESOP Disqualified for Violation of Anti-Assignment Rules ERISA...