Seyfarth Benefits Consulting
Not only do Seyfarth’s Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Department attorneys and professional staff focus on complex employee benefit plan-related needs of our clients; we are also well-versed in handling common administrative benefit plan-related matters.
Our full-service Seyfarth Benefits Consulting offering is aimed at getting HR and employee benefit personnel out of the more routine day-to-day administrative benefits legal work and provide resources to manage these matters, including but not limited to:
- Claims Administration
- Compliance reporting, review, preparation and submission of annual reports (Form 5500s) and “top hat” plan filings for non-qualified plans, compilation and submission of delinquent filer voluntary compliance program (DFVCP) filings
- Determination Letter Filings
- HIPAA Privacy
- Legal instrument and Levy Review
- Nondiscrimination Testing
- Qualified Domestic Relations Order (QDRO) Administration
- Qualified Medical Child Support Order (QMCSO) Administration
- Legal instrument and Levy Review
- Special client administrative projects, such as internal procedural audits of existing administrative policies and practices, review of employee/participant communications related to administrative services, conduct, missing participant address and death searches, and training
Utilizing SeyfarthLean methodologies, we are able to offer many of these services for a flat fee.
What We Are Providing
For Plan Sponsors
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Collaboration with plan sponsors and their staff to provide an administrative solution to benefit matters so plan sponsors and their staff can focus on their core business
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High-quality and personal representation with extensive knowledge and vast experience in employee benefits
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Standardization and best practices to reduce costs
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Team approach—work with plan sponsors, staff and third party administrators (side-by-side)
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Conduct regularly scheduled status calls
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Tailored services to meet plan sponsors needs
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Variable Fee Structures
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Fixed rate - predictable cost
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Hourly rate/Blended rate
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Negotiated project rate
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For Plan Participants
- Knowledge resource
- Timely response
- Toll-Free telephone support, if applicable
If you have any questions concerning our service offerings or need more information, please contact your Seyfarth Shaw LLP attorney or email EBAdminServices@seyfarth.com.
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