What Employers Need to Know in the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina

ABA JOINT COMMITTEE ON EMPLOYEE BENEFITS  • DATE: September 22, 2005
SPONSORS: The Sections of Business Law, Health Law, Labor and Employment Law, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law, Taxation, and Tort Trial and Insurance Practice; the Center for Continuing Legal Education; and the American College of Employee Benefits Counsel

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Employees In a Disaster:  What To Do After Katrina

Thursday, September 22, 2005

A FREE 90-minute TeleConference

1:00-2:30 pm ET / 12:00-1:30 pm CT / 11:00 am-12:30 pm MT / 10:00 am-11:30 am PT

This teleconference will explore the latest information about Hurricane Katrina disaster relief and issues being faced by employers and employee benefits plans, including the following topics: 

  • Hiring Displaced Workers
  • Elections, Loans and Hardship Withdrawals
  • Providing Meals, Housing and Other Disaster Assistance to Employees
  • Benefits Relief from IRS, DOL, CMS & PBGC
  • Dealing With Addresses and Banks That No Longer Exist
  • Converting Unused Vacation into Charitable Donations

    Moderator: 

    Greta Cowart, Haynes and Boone LLP, Dallas, TX

    Speakers: 

    W. Thomas Reeder, Acting Benefits Tax Counsel, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC

    Fred Wong, Pension Law Specialist, Employee Benefits Security Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, Washington, DC

    René E. Thorne, Proskauer Rose LLP, New Orleans, LA (relocated to Baton Rouge, LA)

    Sarah Simoneaux, Actuarial Systems Corp, New Orleans, LA (relocated to Houston, TX)

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