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Beth is a managing associate in the firm’s Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation group. Her practice focuses on assisting public and private companies of all sizes with a range of employee benefit matters, including the design and administration of qualified retirement plans, health and welfare plans, and non-qualified deferred compensation plans, as well as executive compensation matters. Beth also collaborates with litigation and transaction teams on various benefits and executive compensation issues.

Effective January 1, 2024, the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement 2.0 Act (“SECURE 2.0”) allows employers to make matching contributions under defined contribution plans based on employees’ qualified student loan payments.  Although student loan matching contribution programs could provide a significant new benefit for employees with student loan obligations, few employers have amended their