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Our main goal is to educate our members through a variety of programs and opportunities, one of the ways we do this is through our Governing Board webinars - offered monthly. We are also proud to announce that you can now purchase and view past webinars in case you missed them the first time. You get your CE credits by completing a short quiz at the end of the program. View our past events below!

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WEBINAR PRICING

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$50.00 1 Hour Webinars

$65 - $90 2 Hour Webinars

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$65.00 1 Hour Webinars

$90.00 - $115 2 Hour Webinars

For groups of 4 or more please contact Bridget Davidson for discounted pricing.



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Upcoming Webinars

    • 27 Mar 2024
    • 1:00 PM - 2:40 PM (PDT)
    • ONLINE WEBINAR
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    • The Governing Board of Western Pension & Benefits Council invites you to the attend the following webinar:

    The Value of Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plans 

    Marc Fosse, Partner, Seyfarth Shaw LLP

    Bruce J. McNeil, Partner, Leech Tishman


    Wednesday, March 27, 2024 

    1:00 PM to 2:40 PM PDT (100 Minutes)


    Early Bird Pricing (through March 18)
    $65 for members / $90 for non-members  

    Regular Pricing 
    $90 for members / $115 for non-members   

    Continuing Education Credits Available!

    Presentation Description

    In this presentation, "The Value of Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plans," our speakers will delve into these plans. Exploring requirements for and the objectives of a nonqualified deferred compensation plan, the advantages of such a plan for incentive compensation, separation agreements and retirement benefits, and the application of and exemptions from ERISA for “top hat” plans. Delving deeper, our speakers will navigate through the application of ERISA preemption of state laws, the “funding” of the benefits payable under such a plan, and the taxation of the benefits.

    Learning Objectives: 

    • How to design a nonqualified deferred compensation plan
    • The requirements to comply with section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code and the penalties imposed by section 409A for noncompliance
    • When does ERISA apply to nonqualified deferred compensation plans and the pros and cons
    • How to “fund” the benefits payable under the plan
    • How the benefits are taxable when paid

    Marc Fosse 

    Marc works with publicly traded, private, nonprofit, and government clients in the design, implementation, and operation of domestic and international executive nonqualified and supplemental deferred compensation plans, as well as equity-based and other long-term incentive compensation arrangements. Marc regularly assists clients in drafting and negotiating executive employment, retention, change in control, and severance agreements. He advises clients on handling employee benefit matters in corporate mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, initial public offerings, and other corporate transactions. Because of his depth of experience in executive compensation matters, he is frequently retained to assist organizations in finding practical solutions or corrections for high-value potential failures to comply with tax rules.

    He is co-author of the treatise “Executive Compensation for Emerging Growth Companies” (4th edition) which is updated annually and published by Thomson Reuters.  The treatise not only analyzes the corporate, tax, and securities laws for executive compensation, it also includes over forty form agreements, plans, resolutions and prospectuses for addressing an entity’s executive compensation needs from start up to its initial public offering, which are available on Westlaw.

    Marc is nationally recognized as an expert on executive compensation and is frequently asked to present on compensation and benefit issues by national and local industry associations. He has also been listed as a “Top-Rated Employee Benefits Attorney” in San Francisco by Super Lawyers (Thomson Reuters) since 2019.

    Bruce J. McNeil 

    Bruce J. McNeil represents clients in a wide range of employee benefit matters, including executive and deferred compensation arrangements and complex employee benefits litigation.

    Bruce is a Fellow of the American College of Employee Benefits Counsel and is considered one of the country's foremost authorities on executive and deferred compensation.

    Bruce regularly advises clients on a wide variety of issues with respect to tax-qualified retirement plans, including 40l(k) plans, 403(b) and 457 plans, nonqualified deferred compensation arrangements, equity arrangements, split-dollar life insurance arrangements, COLI, and other forms of executive compensation. Bruce counsels clients on all aspects of tax-qualified and executive and nonqualified deferred compensation plans and arrangements for taxable and tax-exempt employers, employee benefit issues in mergers and acquisitions, fiduciary responsibility, and prohibited transaction issues.

    Bruce also has experience in practicing before the Internal Revenue Service, the Department of Labor, and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation in examinations, correction programs, and ruling requests.

    Continuing Education

    • 2 hours CE for AIF (pending)
    • 2 hours ur CE for CEBS
    • 2 hours CE for CFP (pending)
    • 2 hours CE for ERPA
    • 2 hours CE for JBEA
    • 2 hours CE for ASPPA
    • 2 hours CPE for NIPA
    • 2 hours CE for CRPS
    • 2 hours CEP for California CPAs 
    • 1.5 hours of California MCLE 

    A Special Thank You to Our Sponsor


    Sincerely,

    Bridget Davidson 
    Webinar Coordinator | Western Pension & Benefits Council 
    (503) 866-6384 Mobile
    PO Box 2023 | Gresham, OR 97030 
    webinars@westernpension.org  |  www.westernpension.org

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Past events

28 Feb 2024 Long-Term Part-Time (LTPT) Employee Regulations Finally, answer to your questions!
31 Jan 2024 M&A in Qualified Plans – Practical Planning to Avoid Pitfalls
14 Dec 2023 DOL Fiduciary Rule: Practical Implications for the Financial Services Community
15 Nov 2023 Considerations for Defined Contribution Plan Design
20 Sep 2023 Lessons Learned from ERISA Litigation: Do’s and Don’ts for Service Providers and Plan Sponsors
29 Aug 2023 Are You Ready for the 401(k) of the Future?
27 Jun 2023 Let’s Have Some Ethical Fun!
02 May 2023 ESOPs: A Different Way of Selling to a 3rd Party
28 Mar 2023 Two topics – one Webcast: Mechanics of Nondiscrimination Testing and Mergers and Acquisitions
22 Feb 2023 Common Qualified Plan Errors and Suggested Correction Methods
17 Jan 2023 New Year Tidings for 403(b) Plans (Including Impact of SECURE 2.0)
08 Dec 2022 Post-Election Legislative and Regulatory Update
25 Oct 2022 Pooled Employer 401(k) Plans - Why Plan Sponsors Need to Evaluate
15 Sep 2022 Employer Sponsored Health Plans After the Dobbs Decision – the Latest
17 Aug 2022 Top 10 Compliance Issues for DC Plans...Cycle 3 and a Look Ahead
19 Jul 2022 Ethics – A Practical Approach
18 May 2022 Deciphering Crypto: Understanding Blockchain Technology and Cryptocurrency Assets
22 Apr 2022 Changing Audit Standards for Employee Benefit Plan Audits
17 Mar 2022 Monday Morning For Markets
16 Feb 2022 Coverage: Related Employers, Mergers and Acquisitions
27 Jan 2022 Post Year-end Plan Adoption; Funding update after the American Rescue Plan
16 Nov 2021 Outlook for Retirement Legislation in the 117th Congress: Budget Reconciliation Bill and SECURE 2.0
27 Oct 2021 The Paper Chase: New Rules on Electronic Disclosures and Lifetime Income Illustrations
29 Sep 2021 Cybersecurity for Retirement Plans: What Sponsors and Vendors Should Know About the Recent DOL Guidance
24 Aug 2021 Retirement Income: The Pension Plan of the Future
24 Jun 2021 Recurring Legacy Issues and New Challenges in 403(b) Plan Compliance
25 May 2021 A Detailed Dive into Qualified Domestic Relations Orders
22 Apr 2021 Demystifying the Annual 401(k) Plan Audit & The End of the Limited Scope Audit
30 Mar 2021 ERISA Litigation Update: Recent ERISA Lawsuits And Their Impact On Plan Fiduciaries And Service Providers
17 Feb 2021 401(k) Testing Techniques: before, during and after
28 Jan 2021 Correcting Elective Deferral Failures: who, what, when, where and why?
26 Jan 2021 Annual ABC's of Pension Plans
07 Dec 2020 Ethics: Doing The Right Thing Because It Is The Right Thing To Do. . . According To The Rules.
29 Oct 2020 ONLINE Webinar: Spooky Documents - Defined Contribution Plan Restatements
24 Sep 2020 ONLINE Webinar: New Retirement Plan Designs as a Result of the SECURE Act
27 Aug 2020 ONLINE Webinar: ERISA Goes to the Supreme Court—An Analysis of Recent Supreme Court Decisions and Pending Cases
06 Aug 2020 ONLINE Webinar: The Emerging Cybersecurity Risks as a Result of COVID-19
25 Jun 2020 ONLINE Webinar: Loans: Correcting Taxation, Qualification and Fiduciary Failures + COVID19
28 May 2020 ONLINE Webinar: More Strange but True Tales of 403(b) Plans
07 Apr 2020 ONLINE Webinar: COVID-19 - Helping Employees during the Pandemic
17 Mar 2020 ONLINE WEBINAR: ERISA Litigation Recent Hot Issues
25 Feb 2020 ONLINE WEBINAR: Deep Dive on RMDs
22 Jan 2020 ONLINE WEBINAR: Coming Full Circle: Compensation for Self-Employed Individuals
19 Nov 2019 ONLINE Webinar:Ethics – The Fun Way!
24 Sep 2019 ONLINE Webinar:Missing Participants & Uncashed Checks: WTF (without the fuss)
21 Aug 2019 ONLINE Webinar:Voluntary Closing Agreements—The Non-EPCRS Correction Program
14 May 2019 ONLINE Webinar:Courts, Congress & Compliance What’s New for ERISA Litigation, Benefits Legislation, and Agency Guidance for 2019?
23 Apr 2019 ONLINE Webinar:Pension De-Risking – Solutions for Managing Defined Benefit Pension Obligations
20 Mar 2019 ONLINE Webinar: Missing 401(k) Plan Participants: Gone But Not Forgotten
20 Feb 2019 ONLINE Webinar: 401(k) Testing: Testing Techniques, HCE Determination and Compensation Options
29 Jan 2019 ONLINE Webinar: One Year In: The Qualified Business Income Deduction and its Impact on the Retirement Plan Industry
12 Dec 2018 Online Webinar: Ethics and Professional Responsibility - 2018
14 Nov 2018 Online Webinar: Financing Health: Trends, Challenges and Opportunities
30 Oct 2018 Online Webinar: Employee Benefits in Mergers and Acquisitions – the Sequel
18 Sep 2018 Online Webinar: Disclosures, Notices, and Filing Requirements for Your Retirement Plan
23 Aug 2018 Online Webinar:Everything You and Your Clients Should Know About Beneficiary Designation Forms
12 Jun 2018 Online Webinar:403(b) Hot Topics (and that’s not an oxymoron)
26 Apr 2018 Online Webinar:RETIREMENT PLAN POLICY STATEMENTS
20 Apr 2018 RECORDED Webinar: An Update on ERISA Litigation
27 Mar 2018 ONLINE Webinar: An Update on ERISA Litigation
22 Feb 2018 ONLINE Webinar: Safe Harbor 401(k) plan corrections
09 Jan 2018 ONLINE Webinar: The Entity, the Plan and the Return: Taxation and Deduction Issues for Qualified Retirement Plans
31 Dec 2017 Recorded Webinar: The Dos and Don'ts of Qualified Domestic Relations Orders
31 Dec 2017 Recorded Webinar - Advanced Qualified Domestic Relations Orders
31 Dec 2017 Recorded Webinar - Defined Contribution Compliance Reboot
31 Dec 2017 Recorded Webinar: Advanced Compliance Testing – How to Put the Rules to Work for Plan Sponsors
31 Dec 2017 Recorded Webinar - THE COMPLEX WORLD OF REHIRES
31 Dec 2017 Recorded Webinar - Recovering Pension Overpayments - Navigating the Maze
31 Dec 2017 Recorded Webinar: Missing Participants & Uncashed Checks: Problems Never Contemplated by ERISA
31 Dec 2017 Recorded Webinar: Introduction to Cash Balance Plans for Non-Actuaries
31 Dec 2017 Recorded Webinar: Ethics for TPAs and Other Professionals - 2017
31 Dec 2017 RECORDED WEBINAR: 457, 401(k), & 403(b) Plans - Which is right for your clients' or your organization?
31 Dec 2017 RECORDED WEBINAR: DB/DC Update on New Regulations opens Retirement Plan Innovation
31 Dec 2017 Recorded Webinar: Negotiating Good Service Agreements
30 Mar 2017 Online Webinar: Improve Plan Results
15 Dec 2016 Online Webinar: Ethics for TPAs and Other Professionals
01 Dec 2016 Online Webinar: Missing Participants & Uncashed Checks: Problems Never Contemplated by ERISA
02 Nov 2016 Independent Third Party Audits – Why a 403(b) Audit is not a 401(k) Audit
27 Oct 2016 Webinar - Top Ten Audit Deficiencies
23 Aug 2016 Online Webinar: Save More Tomorrow
17 May 2016 Online Webinar: Smooth Sailing Ahead: Negotiating Your Ship through the New Rules for Mid-Year Changes to Safe Harbor 401(k) Plans
04 May 2016 Online Webinar: The New Fiduciary Rules: What Do You Need to Know and Do Now?
21 Apr 2016 Online Webinar: Tales From an ERISA Plan Auditor – Dream Clients and Nightmare Clients
23 Mar 2016 Online Webinar: Cybersecurity
18 Feb 2016 Online Webinar: Risk Management for Retirement Benefits Professionals
27 Jan 2016 Online Webinar: The ESOP Exit Option – Benefits and Advantages
10 Dec 2015 ONLINE WEBINAR: Ethics for TPAs and Other Professionals
23 Oct 2015 Online Webinar: Welfare Plan Issues for Same-Sex Married Couples
22 Sep 2015 Online Webinar: Pension De-Risking – Where Do We Stand Now?
09 Jun 2015 Online Webinar: Health Plans and Beyond
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