Ken Mason Email & Phone Number

Ken Mason, a partner with Spencer Fane Britt & Browne LLP, heads the Employee Benefits Group. Ken concentrates on ERISA and other aspects of employee benefits law, including both tax and fiduciary issues, substantial involvement with retirement and welfare plans, executive deferred compensation, federal employment discrimination statutes, and issues unique to governmental and other tax-exempt employers. Ken’s recent seminar and webinar topics have included the following: ● Employer HSA Responsibilities ● Wellness Program Update ● Interaction Between Medicare and Employer Health Plans ● COBRA After Health Care Reform ● Participant Notices Under Employer Health Plans ● The Basics of Cafeteria Plans ● Annual Reporting Issues ● Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act ● Legislative Obligations and Opportunities ● GINA Reshuffles the Deck ● Rethinking Automatic Enrollment ● Cafeteria Plan Update ● Effect of CHIP Expansion on Employer Health Plans ● COBRA Provisions of the ARRASpecialties: ● Health Care Reform● Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)● Executive compensation plans (including Section 409A)● Tax planning, tax controversies● Fiduciary issues● Retirement plans● Welfare plans● Federal employment discrimination statutes● 401(k) nondiscrimination testing● COBRA) compliance● Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliance● Employee leave-sharing programs● Long-term care insurance

Listed skills include Erisa, Employee Benefits, Cobra, Deferred Compensation, and 19 others.