Stuart Harris

Oct 2, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Stuart Harris |Dipa Sudra

Employees increasingly request (and expect) choice in their benefits. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently released Private Letter Ruling 202434006 (PLR), which approved an employer's program allowing employees to allocate an employer contribution among the 401(k) plan, retiree health reimbursement arrangement (HRA), health savings account (HSA), or educational assistance program (offering student loan repayments).

May 27, 2024 | medium.com | Stuart Harris

In today's fast-paced work culture, the well-being of employees is becoming more crucial than ever. With the rise of competitive organisational goals in productivity and success, sometimes prioritising mental health was left out of the limelight. Thus, HR leadership must establish a cornerstone of effective mental health management. With a pivotal role in fostering a supportive and caring culture, it is only relevant to have a clear guide on how to champion such responsibility.

Dec 15, 2023 | jdsupra.com | Stuart Harris |Dipa Sudra

401(k) and 403(b) plan sponsors should review their documents in light of proposed regulations under SECURE Act rulesNew proposed regulations clarify how employers should implement retirement plan for long-term, part-time ("LTPT") employees. While some questions remain, the proposed regulations provide a number of welcome answers, which are summarized in this advisory.

Oct 16, 2023 | climatechangedispatch.com | Thomas Richard |Stuart Harris

Written by Stuart A. Harris on Oct 16, 2023. Posted in Latest news This paper compares the ideas contained in the main papers published on climate change since World War II to arrive at a suggested consensus of our present knowledge regarding climatic changes and their causes.

Aug 3, 2023 | mdpi.com | Stuart Harris

2. New Data on the Mechanism of Global WarmingIt is now known that solar radiation supplies more than 99.95% of the total energy driving the world’s climate [7]. The fact that the bulk of the solar radiation arrives on the surface of the Earth along the zone between the Tropics of Capricorn and Cancer, decreasing towards the Poles, results in a tremendous imbalance of initial heat distribution around the globe.