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IRS Proposes 401(k) Plan Regulations Implementing Long-Term Part-Time Employee Eligibility Requirements

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The day after Thanksgiving, while many of us were fortunate enough to be reaching for leftover pie, the IRS released proposed regulations implementing the requirement that 401(k) plan sponsors permit “long-term part-time employees” to make elective contributions to a 401(k) plan.

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Congress passes SECURE 2.0 Act, making important changes to 401(k)s

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Act of 2022 —90+ provisions focused on 401(k) and other retirement plans. Congress has chosen to pay for it by mandating that plans offering certain 401(k) features, like catch-up contributions, be made on an after-tax, Roth basis. 401(k) plans established after Dec. 401(k) plans established after Dec.

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IRS Confirms Same Hours-Counting Rules Still Add Up for Long-Term, Part-Time Employees

McDermott Will & Emery Employee Benefits

Act, employers must now offer employees who work at least 500 hours within three (reduced to two beginning January 1, 2025) consecutive 12-month periods an opportunity to make elective deferrals to their 401(k) plans and, beginning in 2025, their 403(b) plans. Following the SECURE Act and the SECURE 2.0

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Under Long-Term, Part-Time Employee Rules, Some Things Change, and Some Things Stay the Same

McDermott Will & Emery Employee Benefits

Act require employers to offer employees who work at least 500 hours within three (reduced to two beginning January 1, 2025) consecutive 12-month periods an opportunity to make elective deferrals to their 401(k) and, beginning in 2025, their 403(b) plans. Together, the SECURE Act and the SECURE 2.0

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Congress Proposes SECURE 2.0 Technical Corrections Bill

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The technical corrections bill includes this omitted language, clarifying that catch-up contributions are permitted in 401(k), 403(b), and 457(b) plans for all catch-up eligible participants. originally placed a 10% cap on the ceiling rate for non-safe harbor plans for plan years ending before January 1, 2025. However, SECURE 2.0

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A Long-Term, Part-Time Employee or a Former Long-Term, Part-Time Employee, That Is the Question

McDermott Will & Emery Employee Benefits

Act, employers must provide long-term, part-time employees the opportunity to make elective deferrals under their 401(k) plans and, beginning in 2025, their 403(b) plans. Under the SECURE Act and SECURE 2.0

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A Long-Term, Part-Time Employee or Not a Long-Term, Part-Time Employee, That Is the Question

McDermott Will & Emery Employee Benefits

Act, employers must provide long-term, part-time employees the opportunity to make elective deferrals under their 401(k) plans and, beginning in 2025, their 403(b) plans. Under the SECURE Act and the SECURE 2.0 This new rule is fraught with complexity and has generated numerous questions about how the requirements apply.

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