Webinar: Getting a Handle on Health & Welfare Plan Nondiscrimination Testing - Bim Group

Webinar: Getting a Handle on Health & Welfare Plan Nondiscrimination Testing

Tuesday, May 10, 2022
2:00 p.m. ET / 11:00 a.m. PT

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Do you find yourself groaning every year during nondiscrimination testing season? Health and welfare plan nondiscrimination testing can be a daunting task for many employers, especially for those with more complex plan designs. Questions often arise around testing requirements and how a failing result can impact the plan moving forward. This webinar will review the testing requirements under IRC Section 125 related to employer-sponsored cafeteria plans, as well as common questions and concerns around plan design.

This 60-minute intermediate-level webinar will help employers and plan sponsors understand their nondiscrimination testing obligations to better prepare in the event of an audit.

 

Register today while seating is still available.

NOTE: If you would like to view the webinar but are not able to attend, we encourage you to still register as you normally would. All registrants will receive a replay and copy of the presentation afterwards. 

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

 


PRESENTER

Lorie Maring is a partner in the Atlanta office and a member of the Employee Benefits Practice Group. She has extensive experience in all areas of employee benefits, including health and welfare programs, qualified and non-qualified retirement plans and executive compensation. She routinely advises employers, including non-profit and government employers, trade associations and employee benefit insurance and risk management consultants on the complex compliance and day-to-day issues arising under ERISA and other state and federal laws governing employee benefit plans and programs.

 

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, and the United Kingdom.

 

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