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ERISA 07.21.2022

Form 5500: Is Yours Due?

  Failure to correctly file Form 5500 comes with big penalties—and can trigger additional compliance challenges. The calendar year is the basis for many retirement plans, so, if your retirement plan runs on a calendar…
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Form 5500: Is Yours Due?
ERISA 07.20.2022

Cybersecurity—and Lawsuits Too

  The disruption and costs for retirement plan sponsors continues long after hacks or other forms of cybercrime invade the retirement plan. Lawsuits are keeping plan sponsors and record keepers busy. Experts urge preventative action…
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Cybersecurity—and Lawsuits Too
ERISA 07.20.2022

Having Enough: Savings

  Retirement plan participants are cancelling illusions of grandeur about older age and leaning in on more practical considerations. There’s a growing focus on having enough savings to maintain a healthy and ordinary life without…
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Having Enough: Savings
Contract Surety 07.19.2022

New Tunnels: For Real?

  New train tunnels have long been needed to facilitate commutes from New Jersey into New York City’s Pennsylvania Station. Considered one of the most important and ambituous transportation projects in the country, plans and…
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New Tunnels: For Real?
Contract Surety 07.19.2022

Winning Bid: Knik-Goose Bay Road

A $55 million highway reconstruction build is set to get underway in Alaska this summer with completion slated for late 2024. Federal funds, administered by the Alaska Department of Transportation, will foot the bill. Granite…
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Winning Bid: Knik-Goose Bay Road
Contract Surety 07.08.2022

Building for The Arts

  In-person! Whether for sports, the arts or in a park, attention is happily returning to in-person gather-ups and events. New Hampshire’s Dartmouth College has joined other institutions of higher education across the country in…
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Building for The Arts
Contract Surety 07.08.2022

Small Contractors: Relief From Undue Burdens?

  Bipartisan support in Congress may result in legislation requiring federal agencies to demonstrate fair and ethical treatment of small construction contractors during the procurement process. Specifically, the Small Business Payment for Performance Act would…
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Small Contractors: Relief From Undue Burdens?
ERISA 07.08.2022

401k: Theft?

  It’s happening. Recently, for example, a man in Maryland was indicted for money laundering, after implementing a computer fraud scheme to illegally access $246,390 from a  401k account. No wonder the Department of Labor—and…
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401k: Theft?
ERISA 07.08.2022

Zillennials at Work

  Robust benefits packages are extremely important to Zillennials—the “micro generation” of employees in the 24-29 range. According to new survey data, so is having a sense of purpose on the job and a work…
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Zillennials at Work