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Health Savings Accounts Help Curb Insurance Costs
Health Savings Accounts Help Curb Insurance Costs By Randall W. Cook SAALFELD GRIGGS PC As health insurance costs continue to skyrocket, many employers are exploring alternatives to traditional, 100% employer-funded group health insurance plans. For many, the solution...
Oregon’s Complex Litigation Court: Is It A Good Option For You?
Oregon's Complex Litigation Court: Is It A Good Option For You? By Shannon Raye Martinez Saalfeld Griggs PC The landscape of how the Oregon state courts function through case procedures has been shifting in the last year. The latest change is the creation of the...
Healthcare Reform: Changes for the New Year
Healthcare Reform: Changes for the New Year By Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Practice Group The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (known as the “PPACA” or the “Health Care Reform Act”) brought with it a wholesale change in the way health care...
New York Lawyer Learns Expensive Lesson
New York Lawyer Learns Expensive Lesson By Hunter B. Emerick Saalfeld Griggs PC AMEN, you say? Well, in this attorney’s sorrowful tale lies an important lesson for all businesses that serve the general public. The law calls those businesses public accommodations. That...
Form 5500 Late Filer Program
Form 5500 Late Filer Program By Randall W. Cook SAALFELD GRIGGS PC The U.S. Department of Labor recently created the Delinquent Filer Voluntary Compliance Program (“DFVC”). DFVC allows employers who have not filed one or more IRS Form 5500s on their retirement plans a...
New Rules Improve Arbitration Hearings
New Rules Improve Arbitration Hearings By Hunter B. Emerick Saalfeld Griggs PC Arbitration has become a familiar alternative to trials for resolving disputes. As a system of dispute resolution, arbitration has many benefits. Arbitration is private. The proceedings are...
Fiduciary Liability for Retirement Plan Sponsors: What Employers Should Be Losing Sleep Over
Fiduciary Liability for Retirement Plan Sponsors: What Employers Should Be Losing Sleep Over By Christine M. Moehl SAALFELD GRIGGS Employers who sponsor retirement plans are considered “fiduciaries” with respect to every employee who participates in their plan. This...
New Oregon Privacy Laws: The Cost of Shifting Risks
New Oregon Privacy Laws: The Cost of Shifting Risks By Shannon Raye Martinez Saalfeld Griggs PC Identity theft has become a hot topic and concern for all across the country, so it should come as no surprise that the Oregon legislature adopted new laws relating to...
Designing Your Retirement Program to Attract and Retain Key Employees
Designing Your Retirement Program to Attract and Retain Key Employees By Randall W. Cook SAALFELD GRIGGS PC A major component to any successful business is its ability to attract and retain key employees. Studies indicate that an employer’s retirement program is high...
Expedited Civil Jury Trials: A Welcome Change?
Expedited Civil Jury Trials: A Welcome Change? By Erich M. Paetsch Saalfeld Griggs PC The civil jury trial is rapidly disappearing in court rooms across the United States. Oregon is no exception. For example, one report stated that less than one percent of civil cases...