Webinar Alert: What Employers Need to Know about Filing Form 5500 - Bim Group

Webinar Alert: What Employers Need to Know about Filing Form 5500

Join us for our monthly webinar on Tuesday, May 15, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. ET / 11:00 a.m. PT

Register here.

This webinar will provide an overview of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) Form 5500 requirements, including whether an employer/plan sponsor must file and what to do if an employer/plan sponsor fails to file.

The webinar will:

  • Provide an overview of ERISA’s Form 5500 requirements
  • Describe who must file a Form 5500
  • Describe which plans are subject to filing, including when voluntary products are subject to filing
  • Discuss when a Form 5500 is due
  • Describe how the filing process changes when there is a wrap document
  • Discuss what options may be available when an employer/plan sponsor fails to file a Form 5500
  • Discuss best practices when preparing Form 5500

This 60-minute intermediate level webinar will help employers understand the basic requirements under ERISA for filing Form 5500.

The presentation will be posted on the UBA website the afternoon before the webinar.

PRESENTER

Tabatha George is an associate in the New Orleans office of Fisher Phillips. She specializes in employee benefits, including retirement and welfare plans and healthcare reform. She has particular expertise in Affordable Care Act (ACA) compliance, including defending companies against employer mandate penalties and preparing 1095-C reporting. She also focuses on Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) compliance and data breaches involving health plan information.

Before joining the firm, Tabatha was a Simpson Thacher fellow with the Harvard Project on Disability and practiced for two years in New York as a transactional attorney.

Tabatha Was included in “Louisiana Super Lawyers – Rising Stars” in 2016.

Register Now

Register for this webinar today while seating is still available. The webinar is 60 minutes and is an exceptional educational value for only $200.

If you are a Bim Group client, and missed the client specific invitation, please reply to this email with the CLIENT NAME in the subject line to have the preferred employer code emailed to you.

This webinar event has been sent for approval by the Human Resource Certification Institute and the Society for Human Resource Management to qualify for 1 recertification credit hour.

This series is brought to you by your Partner Firm of United Benefit Advisors – the nation’s leading independent employee benefits advisory organization with more than 200 Partner offices in the United States, Canada, England and Ireland.

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