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• Hardship distributions and avoiding headaches down the road

  Today, more and more participants are requesting hardship distributions from their 401(k) plans in an effort to make ends meet. While you no doubt want to comply with their requests, you don't want to do so to the detriment of your plan. It's critical to understand what the law allows and to review your plan's hardship distribution procedures in order to avoid the headaches that will result from impermissible hardship distributions.

• More states get insurance exchange grants

  The Department of Health and Human Services has awarded a total of $181 million in grants to assist six states in establishing health insurance exchanges under authority of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

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  Heroes vs. Horrors: Some of the best and worst employer practices

  Would you rather work for a company that shares its profits with employees, or for one that allegedly stole hundreds of thousands in lottery winnings? Easy pick, right? We thought so. To make you thankful for your employer — as well as offer you a few benefits ideas from other companies you can steal — EBN has compiled a list of the worst employer practices, alongside laudable companies from the Great Place to Work Institute’s 2011 Best Workplaces list.

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