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Bermuda Triangle Traps & Strategies
Bermuda Triangle Traps & Strategies By Randall P. Sutton SAALFELD GRIGGS PC When dealing with employee absenteeism, employers need to carefully navigate the “Bermuda Triangle” of leave laws. This confusing and potentially costly place is created by the intersection of...
Avoiding and Dealing With Employee Theft
Avoiding and Dealing With Employee Theft By Randall P. Sutton SAALFELD GRIGGS PC Every business takes pride in its ability to recruit and manage excellent employees. When counting your own successes, you might include: Your competitor’s key employee, who came to you...
The Employee Stock Ownership Plan: A Useful Tool for the Business Owner
The Employee Stock Ownership Plan: A Useful Tool for the Business Owner Are you a business owner looking for an exit strategy? Is liquidity of your privately-held shares a concern? Are you looking for a better way to transition a co-owner into retirement? Would you...
Taking Notice of the New 401(k) Notice Requirements
Taking Notice of the New 401(k) Notice Requirements By Christine M. Moehl SAALFELD GRIGGS PC Several new disclosure and notice requirements applicable to 401(k) plans were included in the Pension Protection Act of 2006 (“PPA”), which was signed into law on August 17,...
Reducing Fiduciary Liability for your Retirement Plan: The Designated Investment Manager Alternative
Reducing Fiduciary Liability for your Retirement Plan: The Designated Investment Manager Alternative By Randall W. Cook SAALFELD GRIGGS PC As we have reported in past issues of Business Briefs, business owners who sponsor retirement plans are considered “fiduciaries”...
Redesign Your Retirement Plan in the Wake of Market Losses: Mixing the Good with the Bad
Redesign Your Retirement Plan in the Wake of Market Losses: Mixing the Good with the Bad By Randall W. Cook SAALFELD GRIGGS PC In today’s volatile stock market, more and more employers are becoming increasingly preoccupied with their retirement plan’s investment...
Pension and Individual Retirement Account Implications of EGTRRA
Pension and Individual Retirement Account Implications of EGTRRA The “Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001” (EGTRRA) was passed by Congress on May 26, 2001 and signed into law by President Bush on June 7, 2001. This legislation will affect...
Nonqualified Deferred Compensation: You Haven’t Dropped the Ball…Yet
Nonqualified Deferred Compensation: You Haven't Dropped the Ball...Yet Sit back, relax -- at least for a few more months. Around this time last year, new Internal Revenue Code Section 409A was enacted, making several major changes to deferred compensation and employee...
The Price of Justice
The Price of Justice By Hunter B. Emerick Saalfeld Griggs PC My learning curve as a new member of the Board of Governors for the Oregon State Bar has been quite steep. The Board oversees many functions of the Bar, including attorney discipline, legal malpractice...
The Business Person’s Guide to Winning Documentation
The Business Person's Guide to Winning Documentation By Randall P. Sutton Saalfeld Griggs PC In a court trial, the “truth” is whatever the judge or jury believes. Because both sides tell contradicting stories, a trial is all about what you can prove, not what actually...