HEALTH AND WELFARE PLANS

  • Section 125 cafeteria plans, including flexible benefits
  • Traditional medical, dental and vision health care plans
  • Health savings accounts and Health Reimbursement Arrangements
  • Health care reform issues (i.e. the Affordable Care Act)
  • Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) compliance
  • Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) compliance

EXECUTIVE EMPLOYMENT, SEVERANCE AND DEFERRED COMPENSATION

  • Non-qualified deferred compensation plans
  • Supplemental executive retirement plans (SERPs)
  • Executive employment agreements
  • Severance and retention agreements
  • Internal Revenue Code Section 409A, 162(m) and 280G compliance

PLAN FIDUCIARY GUIDANCE

  • Advising administrative committees on fiduciary issues concerning administration, funding and claims procedures
  • Advising fiduciaries concerning use of plan assets
  • Government Audits and Other Proceedings

At Dawda Mann, we expertly advise clients on the rules affecting their benefits programs, as well as assist business leaders in designing competitive benefits packages and in establishing new benefits programs. As legal mandates change over time, we also work with clients to monitor and redesign employee benefits programs to keep pace with those changes in government mandates, legal requirements and the financial and competitive changes of the business.

Social Media and the Workplace

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  Social media is a constantly changing landscape. Legislative bodies as well as state and federal courts are having to traverse this landscape, creating a patchwork of different laws as these issues are addressed and [...]

Non-Compete Agreements: What You Need to Know

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Non-compete agreements continue to be used frequently in Michigan. Michigan courts regularly enforce non-compete agreements, with certain exceptions. Why do non-compete agreements exist? To ensure that employees don’t become an unfair competitive threat in the [...]

Handling Pregnant Employees with “Kid Gloves”

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Pregnant employees are often just like other employees: willing and able to be productive and happy to be employed now and in the future. Nevertheless, accommodating the needs of pregnant employees can be tricky. Employers [...]

Employee vs. Contractor: the Uber Conundrum

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The status of Uber drivers is shaking up definitions of employees versus contractors. If you haven’t hired a driver from Uber (or their biggest American competitor Lyft), you are likely older, more suburban, or possibly [...]

You Can’t Ask That!

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Yes, there are stupid questions. When you are hiring an employee, everybody who is involved in the interview process needs to be well trained and well versed in the legal aspects of the hiring process. [...]

The Summer Internship: Education, not Employment

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Exams are ending (have already ended at UM and MSU), students are moving out, and the season of the summer internships is upon us. Internships allow young people the opportunity to have hands-on learning in [...]