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Award/Speaking Engagements

  • Ruth S. Marcott
    Speaking Engagement Topics:
    • IRS and DOL Plan Corrections
    • Deferred Compensation Rules
    • Multiemployer Plans - Law Survey
    • COBRA
    • Analyzing Your Retirement Benefits Under Several Plans
    • Pension Protection Act Opportunities
    • How To Avoid Liability For Claims Decisions (IFEBP Annual Meeting - 2006)
    • HIPAA Compliance (IFEBP Annual Meeting - 2007)
    • Delinquency Collections Issues For Multiemployer Plans (IFEBP Collection Procedures Institute - 2008)
  • Thomas J. Doyle
    Speaking Engagement Topics:
    • Non-qualified deferred compensation
    • Planning for qualified retirement plan distributions
    • Limited liability company issues
      Allocation of estate taxes
  • William K. Ecklund
    • Founder, first chair and member of Employee Benefits Section, Minnesota State Bar Association
    • Member, International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans
    • Past chair of the Attorneys Committee of the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans
    • Fellow, American College of Employee Benefits Counsel
    • Minnesota Super Lawyers, Employee Benefits/ERISA, Non-Profit, 2006
  • Recent Speaking Engagements:
    • International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans – 2009 Trustees and Administrators Institute – “Trustee Responsibility – New Trustees”
    • International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans – 2008 Annual Conference - “Trustee Responsibility – New Trustees”, “Refresher of, and introduction to, Fiduciary Standards”
    • United Brotherhood of Carpenters Advanced Taft Hartley Education Program – “Designing and Implementing a Collectively Bargained Workers' Compensation Program”
    • United Brotherhood of Carpenters – Advanced Taft Hartley Trustee Education Program – “Trustee Responsibility”
    • International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans - 2008 Trustee and Administrators Institute – “Fiduciary Responsibility – New Trustees”, “Revisiting Trustee Expenses and Gratuities – What's Allowed, What's Not – Presentation and Workshop”
    • International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans – 2008 Trustees Institute for Jointly Managed Training and Education Funds “Legal/Fiduciary Update”
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Employee Benefits, Through Experience

The world of employee benefits has grown beyond the traditional health care and retirement plan. To hire and retain a qualified and talented workforce, today's organizations offer a variety of employee benefits programs.

Our work on employee benefit programs is renowned in the Twin Cities and nationally. The employee benefit law attorneys at Felhaber assist employers and trust funds of all sizes in establishing employee benefits programs with the right mix of benefits, at an economically viable cost.

Felhaber attorneys work with both single employer and multiemployer plans, in industries as diverse as construction, transportation, and medicine. In this rapidly changing area of law, Felhaber can assist with:

Cafeteria Plans
  • Dependent Care
  • Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Miscellaneous Fringe Benefits

Health and Welfare Plans

  • Fully Insured
  • Health Reimbursement Arrangements
  • Health Savings Accounts
  • Self Insured

Compliance

  • ERISA and IRS Compliance
  • Health Law Privacy
  • IRS and DOL Audits
  • Maintaining Tax Exempt Status
  • Representation of Plan Fiduciaries
  • Withdrawal Liability

Multiemployer Benefit Plans

  • Apprenticeship and Training
  • Collectively Bargained Workers' Compensation
  • Health and Welfare Plans
  • Legal Services Plans
  • Vacation and Holiday
  • Retirement Plans

Retirement Plans

  • 401(k)
  • Cash Balance
  • Deferred Compensation Arrangements
  • Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • Employee Stock Ownership Plans
  • 457 Plans for Tax Exempt Organizations
  • Money Purchase Pension
  • Profit Sharing
  • Target Benefit

Meet Felhaber's Employee Benefits attorneys:

Ruth S. Marcott, Employee Benefits Section Co-Chair
Peter M. Rosene, Employee Benefits Section Co-Chair
Thomas J. Doyle
William K. Ecklund
Thomas R. Haugrud
Penelope J. Phillips
Andrew E. Staab

Learn more about how Felhaber's employee benefits experts can help you.

Please contact us for an assessment of your situation in our Minneapolis office at 612.339.6321 or our St. Paul office at 651.222.6321.