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Compliance July 5, 2012
EBSA to Hold Fiduciary Workshop in S.C.
July 5, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) announced a workshop in South Carolina for retirement plan fiduciaries.
Reported by
PLANSPONSOR staff
The agency’s seminar, “Getting It Right! Know Your Fiduciary Responsibilities,” will be held September 11 in Charleston.
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.
More information is at http://www.dol.gov/ebsa/pdf/gettingitrightSC091112.pdf.
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