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Compliance December 9, 2013
DOL Coming to New York City
December 9, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Plan sponsors can get their fiduciary responsibility questions answered during a Department of Labor (DOL) seminar in New York City.
Reported by
Rebecca Moore
The agency’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) is hosting its “Getting It Right – Know Your Fiduciary Responsibilities” seminar in the city on Tuesday, January 7, 2014.
The seminar topics include:
- Understanding your plan and your responsibilities;
- Carefully selecting and monitoring service providers;
- Making contributions on time;
- Avoiding prohibited transactions; and
- Making appropriate disclosures to plan participants and filing annual reports to the government on time.
The seminar will be at the Jacob Javits Federal Building, 6th Floor Conference Center, 26 Federal Plaza, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Eastern Standard Time.
More information and a link to the registration form are here.
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