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As the Recession Changes the Face of Employee Benefits Leading Experts Ask ‘What’s Next?’

NEWS RELEASE

Contacts:
Mark Carrington
(703) 341.5880
mcarrington@bna.com

Arlington, Va. (April 22, 2009) – Today, corporations desperate to cut expenses are trimming, slashing, and even eliminating employee benefits. The question is, how do differing legal, tax and business perspectives impact that decision and how are benefits and executive compensation evolving in response to changing business and economic pressures?

Three of the nation’s leading compensation specialists, David L. Levine, Esq., and Cheryl Risley Hughes, Esq., both of Groom Law Group, and Susan Powell of Finn, Dixon and Herling, will address these and other questions in a 90-minute BNA webinar on May 7, 2009, at 12:30 pm, ET, called The Changing Shape of Employee Benefits – How the Recession is Affecting Benefits and What’s Next.

“Employers everywhere are wrestling with these issues right now”, says Sharon Fountain, BNA Tax & Accounting Managing Editor. “It’s critical that everyone understand the latest legislative and regulatory developments and the trends and pressures facing employers when making employee benefit decisions so that they can help employers reduce the costs of employee benefits.”

The speakers will discuss:

Tax-Qualified Retirement Plans

Recent Legislative Changes in Defined Benefit Funding Rules
Plan Freezes or Limits on Future Benefit Accruals
Reducing or Eliminating a §401(k) Match
Adding Automatic Enrollment to Defined Contribution Plans
Encouraging Investment Diversification in ERISA §404(c) Plans

Health Plans

COBRA Benefits and the Temporary Premium Subsidy
Reducing Coverage Levels
Passing Costs to Participants
Extending Eligibility Waiting Periods
Utilizing Consumer Driven Plans with High Deductibles
Future of Retiree Health Plans

Executive Compensation

Modifying Existing Arrangements, Including SERPs and Other Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plans, Factoring in Restrictions Under §409A
Complying With New Restrictions on Executive Compensation, Including TARP Rules
Influence of Changes to ERISA and the Tax Code
Alternative Pension and Health Care Models for the Future

To register for this webinar and obtain further information about CLE and CPE credits, go to: http://tmstore.bna.com/PageManager.aspx?pageId=8338 or call 1-800-372-1033, menu Option 6, then Option 1. The fee is $249 for BNA subscribers, $295 for nonsubscribers.

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About BNA Tax & Accounting Webinars and CLE Credit

Designed for today's busy practitioners, BNA Tax & Accounting webinars offer the same expertise and relevance that are the hallmark of BNA Tax Management resources. In just 60-90 minutes, practitioners gain in-depth knowledge on a current tax or accounting topic from experts in that area -- and benefit from practical applications that can be put to work immediately. Conference attendees have the opportunity to ask the speakers questions, and may be eligible to earn CLE or CPE credits - all from the convenience of their own office or conference room.

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