Employee Benefits

Our lawyers' work in employee benefits covers various areas of compensation and benefits, including pension and profit sharing plans qualified under the Internal Revenue Code, stock and cash compensation and incentive plans, health and other welfare benefit arrangements, fringe benefits, tax-deferred annuity programs, and executive deferred compensation arrangements.


4/3/2013	Regulations Complicate Wellness Plans Tied to Health Insurance
3/15/2013	Employment Law Alert: Sick Leave Ordinance Approved in Portland
10/19/2012	Employee Benefits Law Alert: Year-End Deadline for Retroactive Relief Under Section 409A for Correction of Agreements That Require Release of Claims
7/3/2012	Partner Melanie Curtice to Discuss Affordable Care Act Impact at Civic Group Meeting
6/28/2012	Health Care Reform Law Alert: Individual Mandate Stands; Medicaid Expansion Narrowed
6/28/2012	Individual Mandate Stands; Medicaid Expansion Narrowed: What This Means for Employers
1/24/2012	Large Employers Advised to Prepare Now For Reporting Aggregated Health Benefits (PDF)
12/19/2011	Governor Gregoire Appoints Melanie Curtice to Governing Board of Washington Health Benefits Exchange
11/1/2011	U.S. News & Best Lawyers Rate Stoel Rives LLP Among the Nation's Best Law Firms
3/29/2011	Federal Health Reform Means State Tax Bill in California
12/15/2010	Employer-Sponsored Health Plans Begin Implementing Federal Healthcare Reform
12/8/2010	Employee Benefits Law Alert: Year-End Grace Period Deadline Approaches for Correction of Plan Document Failures for Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Under Code Section 409A
10/18/2010	Health Plans 2011: Healthcare Reform Begins
7/2/2010	Small Business Likely to Face Greater Compliance Burden with Health Care Reform
3/30/2010	Health Care Reform Law Alert: Impact on Employers and Group Health Plans
3/5/2010	It Pays to Fix 401(K) Plan Mistakes
11/16/2009	Employee Benefits Law Alert - Referendum 71: Employee Benefits and Family Leaves
6/24/2009	Seattle Office Adds Employee Benefits and Corporate Attorneys
6/10/2009	Family Leave and Attendance Policies Challenge Healthcare Employers
3/25/2009	Proposed New Bonus Tax Legislation May be Unconstitutional
3/20/2009	Howard Bye Featured in Employee Benefits Handbook
3/3/2009	Executive Compensation Under Scrutiny
9/22/2008	December 31, 2008, Deadline to Bring Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Arrangements, Severance Pay Arrangements, Incentive Stock Options and Employment Agreements into Compliance with Section 409A and to Make Modifications to Time and Form of Payment
4/25/2008	Howard D. Bye Joins Stoel Rives
10/26/2007	Employee Benefits Law Alert: Extensive Transition Relief Under Internal Revenue Code Section 409A
10/17/2007	Employment Law Alert: Oregon's Sexual Orientation and Domestic Partnership Laws Take Effect January 1: Be Prepared
9/21/2007	Employee Benefits Law Alert: Limited Transition Relief Under Internal Revenue Code Section 409A
5/22/2007	Employee Benefits Law Alert: Overview of Key Provisions of the Section 409A Final Regulations
5/11/2007	Labor and Employment Law Alert: Oregon Adopts Sexual Orientation Nondiscrimination and Domestic Partnership Legislation
4/13/2007	Employee Benefits Law Alert: Treasury and IRS Issue Final Regulations Regarding Deferred Compensation Plans
10/10/2006	Employee Benefits Law Alert: IRS Extends Transition Relief Under Section 409A Through 2007
1/1/2006	Employee Benefits Law Alert: Overview of Key Provisions of the Section 409A Proposed Regulations
1/1/2006	Employee Benefits Law Alert: Equity Compensation Provisions in the Section 409A Proposed Regulations
1/1/2006	Employee Benefits Law Alert: Severance Provisions in the Section 409A Proposed Regulations
6/1/2005	Employee Benefits Law Alert: New Bankruptcy Legislation Impacts Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation

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May 30,2013
Health Care Reform: Preparing for 2014
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Jul 24,2013
Western Benefits Conference: Charting the Course for a Healthy Retirement

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