In the final installment of our three-part Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation podcast miniseries, hosts Jim Earle and Josh Gelfand discuss the basics of top-hat plans — what they are and the necessary steps to ensure ERISA compliance.

Transcript: Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation: Getting Ready for 2024 – Top-Hat Plans (PDF)

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Photo of James Earle James Earle

Jim counsels publicly traded companies and other complex employers on matters related to executive compensation. His clients operate globally in a wide range of industries, including financial services, manufacturing, food, telecommunications, utilities and other service-based companies. Jim advises clients on all aspects of…

Jim counsels publicly traded companies and other complex employers on matters related to executive compensation. His clients operate globally in a wide range of industries, including financial services, manufacturing, food, telecommunications, utilities and other service-based companies. Jim advises clients on all aspects of the employment, compensation, benefits and severance of directors, executive officers and other senior managers. He has significant substantive experience with all forms of executive compensation and benefit plans.

Photo of Joshua Gelfand Joshua Gelfand

Josh focuses his practice on advising public and private companies, and private equity clients, in financial and strategic merger and acquisition transactions and executive compensation matters, as well as assisting asset management clients with the structuring, implementation, and administration of carried interest and…

Josh focuses his practice on advising public and private companies, and private equity clients, in financial and strategic merger and acquisition transactions and executive compensation matters, as well as assisting asset management clients with the structuring, implementation, and administration of carried interest and “phantom” carried interest programs.