Event Calendar

Annual Business Meeting & Cost Savings of Cafeteria Plans

Date: 16 July 2009

Description:

Annual Business Meeting
The annual business meeting is an important meeting for all of our members. We will discuss numerous topics in addition to providing you the new board officers who were elected for Vice President, Government Liaison, Communication, Secretary, and Education.

Cost Savings of Cafeteria Plans

Kathy Schwappach, Senior Consultant – Chicago Office

  • Kathy is a member of Towers Perrin’s Governance and Compliance Advisory practice.
  • Kathy has more than 20 years of experience in employee benefit plan compliance, design, implementation, communication and administration. She has counseled employer/plan sponsors in a variety of industries, including insurance, manufacturing, retail, technology, banking, health care and professional services. She has worked extensively with school districts and governmental entities.
  • Kathy has significant experience serving diverse clients:
    • Conducting operational and compliance risk assessments for all types of employee benefit plans
    • Assisting plan sponsors to comply with federal laws and regulations that affect employee benefit plans and their sponsors
    • Advising plan fiduciaries on ERISA Title I compliance
  • Kathy is a co-chair of the American Bar Association’s Section of Labor and Employment Law V Welfare Plans Subcommittee. She has published widely on employee benefit plan compliance requirements.
  • Kathy earned her JD with honors from the Illinois Institute of Technology/Chicago-Kent College of Law, her MBA from DePaul University and her BA with high honors from University of Illinois at Champaign Urbana.

Kathy’s presentation will give you a broad overview of the most common types of cafeteria plans and how they impact payroll, also how both company and the employee benefit, what the most common compliance issues, and what are some future issues for payroll professionals in the changing legislation.

Please register by Thursday, July 9th – Select Link to Register

If you are paying by check, you must pay at the door. Please list event and attendee names on the check stub.

Registration will begin at 7:30 a.m with buffet breakfast at 7:45 a.m. and ending at approximately 9:30 a.m. with our next Northstar Chapter meeting to be held on Thursday, August 20, 2009 on Payroll Legal Issues.

Scholarship Winners

Speaker – Kathy Schwappach, Senior Consultant

Handing Over of Keys to New President

Please Note: The topics in our 2009 Calendar are subject to change based upon possible governance / regulation changes that may need immediate attention by Payroll Professionals (i.e. Obama Stimulus Package). In addition, topics/speakers may not be available on the dates originally scheduled. Thanks for your understanding — Northstar Program Chair.