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Benefits in the News > By Subject > Severance pay Now Viewing Recent Headlines View Excerpts and Recent Headlines [Guidance Overview] Court Rules Compensation for Loss of Pension is Taxable Wisconsin State Worker Severance Packages Scrutinized [Guidance Overview] Participant's Estoppel Claim Rejected for Failure to Show Pension Calculation Error Was Intentional Ford Plant Closing Afftects the City Pros and Cons of Severance Agreements Severance and Change-in-Control Plans Pros and Cons of Severance Agreements Six Tips for Handling Severance Pay Plans IRS May Propose New Section 457(f) Vesting, Other Rules in Mid-2012 [Guidance Overview] One-Person Individually-Negotiated Employment Agreement Not an ERISA Plan Outsize Severance Continues for Executives, Even After Failed Tenures [Guidance Overview] Court Rejects Payment of Overstated Pension Benefits; Keeps Severance Pact [Guidance Overview] Employee Release Provisions Present Section 409A Trap for the Unwary [Guidance Overview] Individual Employment Agreement Was Not ERISA Plan The Basics of Garden Leave: Continuing the Employment Relationship for a Transition Period (PDF) [Guidance Overview] Relief Granted for Disabled Auto Workers Denied Severance Benefits [Guidance Overview] Forum Selection Clause Enforced in ERISA Claim Litigation [Guidance Overview] Florida Passes Public Worker Severance Pay Law [Guidance Overview] New Compensation Restrictions Coming for Colleges and Universities (PDF) [Guidance Overview] Sixth Circuit Upholds Denial of ERISA-Based Income Protection Benefits; Plan Administrator Need Not Investigate Whether the Employer Violated FMLA [Guidance Overview] Coverage Contemplated Under Rescinded Severance Agreement Does Not Determine COBRA Notice Period [Guidance Overview] SEC Makes the Advance Approval of Shareholder Say on Parachute Payments Even Less Attractive [Guidance Overview] ERISA Considerations for Severance Pay Policies Checklist (PDF) [Guidance Overview] Final Say on Pay Rules from SEC (PDF) [Guidance Overview] SEC's Final Rules on Shareholder Say on Golden Parachute Pay [Official Guidance] Text of SEC's Final Rule for Shareholder Approval of Executive Compensation and Golden Parachute Compensation (PDF) [Guidance Overview] Employers Should Review Severance Plans in Light of IRS Guidance [Guidance Overview] Final SEC Rules on Say-on-Pay, Say-on-Frequency and Say-on-Parachutes [Guidance Overview] Final SEC Rules Regarding Say-on-Pay and Golden Parachutes (PDF) [Guidance Overview] Final SEC Rules Implementing Dodd-Frank 'Say on Pay' and 'Say on Golden Parachutes' (PDF) [Guidance Overview] Severance Benefits Receive a Regulatory Facelift Court's Ruling on WARN Act Could Benefit Employers [Guidance Overview] Internal Revenue Code Section 409A: Tax Relief for Non-Compliant Separation Pay Arrangements (PDF) [Guidance Overview] Court Finds Severance Plans Not ERISA Governed [Guidance Overview] Last Chance to Correct Penalty-Free: Section 409A, Notice 2010-6, and Transition Relief in 2010 [Official Guidance] Notice of Hearings: Reasonable Contracts or Arrangements for Welfare Benefit Plans (PDF) [Guidance Overview] In 2010 Employers Should Respond to New Developments for Existing and Future Separation Arrangements [Guidance Overview] Why No Severance Package for Laid-Off Worker? FDIC Guidance on the Payment of Severance by 'Troubled' Institutions and Covered Companies [Guidance Overview] Sixth Circuit Rules Union's Release of Claims Is Valid: Plaintiffs' Claim for Severance Pay Is Denied Health Care Reform Could Impact Your Employment and Severance Agreements [Guidance Overview] Third Circuit Upholds Lower Court Decision Granting Benefits Under a Program Providing Separation Benefits [Opinion] Last Chance to Correct for 409A [Guidance Overview] Court Affirms Rulling that Denial of Severance Benefits Was Abuse of Discretion: Employee Was Constructively Terminated Court Rules Terminated Employee to Receive $3M in Benefits After Company Refused Him Severance Former Employees of New United Motor Manufacturing Co. Sued It and Toyota Motor Corp. Over Severance Packages U.S. Supreme Court to Consider Remedy for Deficient SPD [Official Guidance] IRS Publishes Interim Report on Colleges and Universities Compliance Project; Useful Compensation Data (PDF) [Guidance Overview] Past Layoffs Could Provide Tax Refund for Companies [Guidance Overview] Quality Stores Puts FICA Refund Opportunity for Severance Pay Back on the Table [Guidance Overview] Another Court Rules That Severance Pay is Not FICA Wages (PDF) [Guidance Overview] Employers Should Consider Filing Protective FICA Refund Claims Related to Certain 2006 Severance Payments [Guidance Overview] Employers Should Be Cautious of New Decision Holding that Severance is Not 'Wages' Subject to FICA [Guidance Overview] New Case Revives Hopes for Refunds of FICA Tax on RIF Severance Pay [Guidance Overview] Some Severance Held Exempt from FICA Again: Consider Filing Protective Refund Claims (PDF) [Guidance Overview] One-Time Severance Payment Was Not Subject to ERISA, According to Court [Guidance Overview] FICA Tax on Severance Payments Questioned [Guidance Overview] IRS Section 409A Notice Requires Review of Compensation Agreements That Condition Payments Upon Signing Releases [Guidance Overview] Quality Stores Decision Muddies the Waters on the FICA Tax Treatment of Severance Pay IRS Set To Begin Comprehensive Employment Tax Audits Important word about authorship: BenefitsLink® (BenefitsLink.com) provides this page for you, containing selected hypertext links to pages on the web that our editors think will be useful or interesting to you. 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