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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...
Creative Uses for Cross-Tested Retirement Plans
Creative Uses for Cross-Tested Retirement Plans By Randall W. Cook SAALFELD GRIGGS PC As we have reported in past issues of “Business Briefs,” cross-tested retirement plans are a unique form of profit sharing plan that allow employers to allocate considerably higher...
Employers Face New Liability for Skipping Rest Breaks
Employers Face New Liability for Skipping Rest Breaks By Randall P. Sutton Saalfeld Griggs PC Give me a break! That’s what both employees and employers will be saying in light of a recent decision by the Oregon Court of Appeals that encourages employees to sue for...
Cash Balance Plans: The Best of Two Retirement Plan Worlds
Cash Balance Plans: The Best of Two Retirement Plan Worlds Have you, like many other Americans, seen a substantial decrease in your retirement savings? Are you nearing retirement with less retirement savings than you expected? Would you like to contribute larger...
Are You Playing Audit Roulette with Your 401(k) Plan?
Are You Playing Audit Roulette with Your 401(k) Plan? The prospect of an audit by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) or the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) strikes fear into the heart of most employers who sponsor qualified retirement plans. When an auditor finds...
Are You Secure? Perfection and Its Consequences Under Revised Article Nine
Are You Secure? Perfection and Its Consequences Under Revised Article Nine By Erich M. Paetsch Saalfeld Griggs PC On July 1, 2001 Oregon enacted into law Revised Article Nine of the Uniform Commercial Code. Revised Article Nine, like its predecessor, governs the...
Appearance Policies – Is Making Up Hard to Do?
Appearance Policies - Is Making Up Hard to Do? By Randall P. Sutton Saalfeld Griggs PC Under the employment discrimination laws, men and women are not supposed to be treated differently. But men and women are different. This can make for some uneasy legal maneuvering,...
Requiring Flu Shots: How Far Can I Go To Protect Patients?
Requiring Flu Shots: How Far Can I Go To Protect Patients? By David Briggs SAALFELD GRIGGS PC Many practices remember 2009’s H1N1 “swine” flu outbreak. Nationally, it was the turning point for many employers, as many began requiring employees to receive annual flu...
Now What?: Life After HIPAA’s September 23 Deadline
Now What?: Life After HIPAA's September 23 Deadline By David Briggs and Wayne Kinkade SAALFELD GRIGGS PC If you’re like most medical practices, you’re tired of hearing about HIPAA, HITECH, and the Omnibus Rule. Most practices now have an updated business associate...