When the U.S. Supreme Court fi rst called ERISA a “comprehensive and reticulated statute,” they weren’t exaggerating. ERISA’s initial intricate web of administrative and fi duciary requirements governing employee benefi t plans is constantly being changed by laws, regulations, agency interpretations and court decisions. Not knowing the current state of ERISA’s requirements can expose your employer’s plans—and you, if you have any responsibility for administering those plans—to potentially signifi cant liabilities and penalties. Pilzner will highlight recent developments you need to know and understand to keep your employer’s plans—and yourself—from unintentional failures to comply with ERISA.
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Antoinette Pilzner
attorney
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Toni Pilzner is an attorney with more than 15 years' experience in advising employers on creating and administering employee welfare and retirement benefit plans. Having worked as a certified public accountant and as an in-house corporate tax analyst dealing with employee benefit plan matters before becoming an attorney, she also understands the financial and practical aspects of employee benefit plan administration. Toni has shared her expertise with SHRM members by presenting concurrent sessions on employee benefits topics at a number of SHRM conferences in addition to writing SHRM Legal Alerts and contributing to SHRM Online articles on employee benefit matters. She also served on the SHRM Total Rewards Special Expertise Panel and its predecessor, the SHRM Compensation and Benefits Committee, as well as serving a three-year term on the U.S. Department of Labor's ERISA Advisory Council.