Employment & Benefits
ZAG/S&W's employment & benefits attorneys combine sophisticated techniques with years of experience to help employers develop employment and benefit policies and programs that best fit the needs of their employees. Our team works with employers to formulate practical solutions to a broad range of employment-related problems and help fit compensation and benefit packages into the larger picture, while maximizing the impact of benefit dollars. Our lawyers regularly work with clients on employment discrimination; sexual harassment; employee discipline and discharge; handbooks and policy development; executive contracts; on-site training for managers and employees; and designing and implementing all forms of retirement, welfare, fringe benefit, deferred compensation, and equity compensation plans, in addition to working with individuals on compensation and severance packages and retirement planning. We also regularly advise clients on employee versus independent contractor classification issues.
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News
- October 21, 2011
Sullivan & Worcester Attorneys Selected as Rising Stars
New England Super Lawyers Magazine - October 20, 2011
S&W Attorneys Named 2011 Massachusetts Super Lawyers
New England Super Lawyers Magazine - June 17, 2011
Feds Protecting Online Criticism of Workplaces
Boston Business Journal - June 14, 2011
Sullivan & Worcester LLP Receives Top Rankings in Six Categories in the 2011 Edition of The Legal 500 United States
S&W Press Release - October 19, 2010
S&W Attorneys Named Massachusetts Super Lawyers
New England Super Lawyers Magazine - June 15, 2010
Sullivan & Worcester LLP is Ranked in the 2010 Edition of Chambers USA
S&W Press Release - October 26, 2009
S&W Attorneys Named New England Super Lawyers
New England Super Lawyers Magazine - October 26, 2009
Sullivan & Worcester Attorneys Selected as Rising Stars
New England Super Lawyers Magazine - August 3, 2009
Sullivan & Worcester Attorneys Named in 2010 Best Lawyers®
The Best Lawyers in America 2010 - June 2009
How Employers in the United States Can Avoid Costly Pitfalls
ACC Israel Chapter Newsletter - September 15, 2008
Best Lawyers Ranks S&W Lawyers as Leaders in their Field
The Best Lawyers in America 2009
Events
- June 20, 2012 (8:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.)
Annual Seminar for HR and Benefits Professionals - April 24-27, 2012
Administrative Mistakes & How to Fix Them - March 21, 2012 (8:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.)
DOL & IRS Correction Programs - March 16, 2012 (8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.)
Drinking from the ESOP Fountain - January 24, 2012 (12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.)
Sleep Better at Night: Using IRS and DOL Correction Programs for Retirement Plans - October 20-21, 2011
"MAINELY ESOPS" - Annual Fall Conference - September 22, 2011 (1:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.)
Plan Correction Programs - June 30, 2011 (12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.)
Part III: Cross-Border Employment Law Matters: Employee Non-Competition Arrangements, Disability Issues and Open Forum - June 21, 2011 (8:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.)
Annual Seminar for Benefits Professionals - May 26, 2011 (8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.)
ERISA Reporting and Disclosure Requirements: Form 5500 . . . and Beyond! - March 4, 2011
Selecting an ESOP Valuation Firm - October 21-22, 2010
ESOPs: Get a Clue - September 16, 2010 (12:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.)
Cross-Border Employment Law Matters: Protecting Your Client from Liability
Publications
- February 28, 2012
Massachusetts Data Privacy Grandfather Clause to Expire March 1, 2012
Client Advisory - October 27, 2011
IRS Announces Key 2012 Indexed Limits
Benefits Brief - October 5, 2011
Reminder of New, Earlier Deadline for Medicare Part D Notice
Benefits Brief - October 3, 2011
IRS Announces New Employee Classification Settlement Program
Client Advisory - January 19, 2011
Month-End Benefits Reminders and 2011 Changes
Client Advisory - December 27, 2010
2010 Employment Law Wrap-up
Client Advisory - August 12, 2010
HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules Update
Benefits Brief - August 2, 2010
Privacy & Data Security Law Developments: 2010 Mid-Year Update
Client Advisory - July 26, 2010
The Dodd-Frank Act – What Public Companies Should Be Doing Now
Client Advisory - May 6, 2010
Yet Another COBRA Subsidy Extension Requires Immediate Employer Action
Benefits Brief - March 25, 2010
Latest COBRA Subsidy Extension Requires Immediate Employer Action
Benefits Brief - January 22, 2010
New COBRA Subsidy Extension Requires Prompt Employer Action
Benefits Brief - January 20, 2010
Month-End Benefits Reminders
Benefits Brief - November 24, 2009
2009 Required Minimum Distributions - Transition Relief Ends November 30, 2009
Benefits Brief - November 9, 2009
IRS Announces Key 2010 Indexed Limits
Benefits Brief - August 20, 2009
Massachusetts Revises Privacy Regulations and Gives Businesses Further Time to Comply
Client Advisory - June 12, 2009
Code Section 457A Requires Immediate Attention by Certain Sponsors of Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Arrangements
Client Advisory - June 12, 2009
Federal Government Contractors Have a Further Reprieve from E-Verify
Client Advisory - April 24, 2009
Delaware Court Reviews Executive Compensation Issues
Defense and Investigations Report - March 27, 2009
Model COBRA Notices Under ARRA
Client Advisory - February 26, 2009
Stimulus Package Contains Complicated COBRA Subsidy Provisions
Client Advisory - January 26, 2009
Month-End Benefits Reminder
Client Advisory - August 2, 2007
A Question-and-Answer Guide to Code Section 409A
Client Advisory