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It’s About Time – Long Term, Part Time Employees – Part 2

Adam C. Pozek 11/27/23
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It’s About Time – Long Term, Part Time Employees – Part 1

Adam C. Pozek 11/27/23
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Anticipating a New Hire - You Might Change Your Mind

DWC 01/28/21
Sponsoring a retirement plan can provide significant benefits to a company (and its participants). But with great benefits comes great responsibility…responsibility to follow all of the various regulatory requirements. Since these plans provide hundreds of billions of dollars in tax deductions each year, Congress and the various agencies want to ...
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Which Employees Do I Have to Report on my Year-End Census Report?

DWC 01/12/21
Facts As for so many companies, the end of one year and the start of the next are especially busy times. And, without fail, we’ve already received the request for our annual census data from our retirement plan consultant. I know this information is important and these deadlines approach quickly, so I get nervous every year about making sure I ...
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Does Counting Hours of Service for Plan Eligibility Have to be a Nightmare?

DWC 11/3/20
Facts We’ve been following along with the last few Questions of the Week and think we’re pretty comfortable with how we want to set up eligibility for our 401(k) plan. We’re definitely looking to implement a one year of service requirement (with 1,000 hours during that year) and quarterly entry dates. We understand that this design may result in ...
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What's the Simplest Way to Set Up a One Year Eligibility Waiting Period for our 401(k)?

DWC 10/27/20
Facts We are looking to set up a 401(k) plan for our company. Our workforce includes both hourly and salaried employees as well as full-time, part-time, and seasonal workers. For now, we really want to focus on our full-timers. It is our understanding that the maximum timeframe we can have employees wait before becoming eligible is one year. With ...
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How Can We Tweak Our Plan's Eligibility Requirements to Make Administration Easier?

DWC 10/20/20
Facts We’ve sponsored our 401(k) plan for several years now, and it’s been very well-received by our employees. Believe it or not, though, one of the biggest challenges we have had is around when employees become eligible. Some of our staff are salaried, while others are hourly. We have both part-time and full-time employees, and we are also ...
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Am I Now Required to Include Part-Time Employees in my 401(k) Plan?

DWC 01/28/20
Facts As the owner of a beachside hotel, I sponsor a calendar year 401(k) plan for my employees. In the summer we hire many part-time employees to assist with the uptick in guests and activities. Our plan has always required employees to reach age 21 and complete a year of service before becoming eligible. Traditionally, this has meant that these ...
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Are Rehires Immediately Eligible for our 401(k) Plan?

DWC 11/19/19
Facts We just rehired an employee that used to work for us but who terminated almost 4 years ago. She was eligible for our 401(k) plan during her previous tenure but took a distribution of her account shortly after she left.
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Is It Possible to Split Eligibility to Allow for Deferrals but to Postpone Safe Harbor Contributions?

DWC 10/29/19
Facts We allow new employees to join our 401(k) plan on the first of the month after they are hired. They become eligible to make deferrals and also receive the company safe harbor contribution at that time. We don’t have high turnover, but employees who leave often do so within the first year of joining us. We don’t mind allowing new hires to ...
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