Posts

California: Employers Required to Offer State-Run Retirement Fund to Employees

APPLIES TO

All Private Employers with at least five California Employees

EFFECTIVE

Varies; see below

QUESTIONS?

Contact HR On-Call

(888) 378-2456

SB 1234 will require all California private employers with at least five employees, who do not offer their own retirement plan, to enroll their workers into the state-run California Secure Choice Retirement Savings Program, which will operate like a 401(k).  The retirement fund will be overseen by a state board and administered by private companies that have not yet been selected.  Employees are expected to be able to enroll and start investing money in 2018.

Form 5500 Filing – Reminder

APPLIES TO

Employers and Retirement Plan Administrators

EFFECTIVE

File deadline of no later than July 31, 2013 for plan years beginning in January and ending in December

QUESTIONS?

Contact HR On-Call

(888) 378-2456

Many employers offer their employees retirement benefits such as a 401(k) Plan. If you are such an employer, each year your company must file an annual report to the IRS and U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) detailing the plan. Form 5500 is used to file this annual report and as of 2010, the form must be filed electronically.

Read more