Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation

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Provided by Akerman LLP

Akerman’s Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation team works with Fortune 500 companies and other public and private entities on ongoing employee benefits compliance matters, including the design and implementation of employer-sponsored benefit plans, compliance with federal regulations, including ERISA and the Affordable Care Act, negotiation of service agreements with outside plan service providers, and internal audits and benefits-related implications of corporate transactions. They also advise clients with respect to targeted audits of benefit plans by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the Department of Labor, and in the case of group health plans, HIPAA-related audits from the Department of Health and Human Services. 

The team works with public and private employer clients on executive compensation matters, and has the capability to analyze the complicated individual and corporate tax ramifications that can result from executive compensation arrangements, including through deferred compensation and incentive compensation programs.

Service Offerings:

• Qualified and non-qualified stock option plans
• Stock bonus plans
• Employee stock ownership plans
• Deferred compensation and pension plans
• Profit-sharing plans
• Severance plans and golden parachutes
• Cafeteria plans