Compliance

The Department of Labor (DOL) found more than 100 multiple employer plans (MEPs) in violation of a requirement to include on the Form 5500 a list of participating...

Citing the Supreme Court decision regarding church plan cases and using a three-part test, a federal judge found the St. Elizabeth Medical Center Employees’ Pension Plan falls under...

The rule will permit employers to connect with associations of employers in a city, county, state, or a multi-state metropolitan area, or in a particular industry nationwide, as...

An appellate court decision and an amicus brief filed in the case by the Department of Labor (DOL) emphasize plan sponsors’ duty to monitor what health plan providers...

Sources say Congress may try to tack the SECURE Act onto other moving legislation this fall, and they recount the many changes in health care regulations driven by...

The new bill, combined with existing state law, means the State Retirement and Pension System must now report all fees paid to outside investment managers.

BBVA Compass Bancshares is accused of failing to monitor investments and remove imprudent ones.

The House is scheduled to leave Washington on Friday and the Senate is expected to start its recess a week later, after which federal budget and debt ceiling...

The son of late Assistant Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia failed to get confirmation from the Senate for the position of Department of Labor Solicitor when President George...

The district court found "the mere fact that the plan included the affiliated funds—and defendants were aware of that fact—is not sufficient to charge them with constructive knowledge...

The lawsuit says the so-called “incentive” Yale offers for participating in the wellness program are in fact a “penalty” that violates non-participants’ rights, and it notes that the...

A multiemployer plan was found to have brought a viable claim for a withdrawal contribution required in its trust documents.

The IRS has issued guidance allowing high-deductible health plans (HDHPs) with health savings accounts (HSAs) to cover specified medications and services used to treat chronic diseases prior to...

A federal court judge ultimately found that a participant in George Washington University’s two retirement plans had previously waived her right to sue for fiduciary breaches under the...

Plaintiffs in the lawsuit argue that passive funds would have resulted in better returns net of fees that the actively managed funds offered in the plan.

The editor-in-chief of the Washington Free Beacon says Democrats may end up regretting their calls for Acosta's resignation since his replacement could be more proactive in pushing the...

In addition to promoting inaccurate pension heath assessments, a new academic paper argues, pension accounting rules set by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board create “a degree of moral...

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation has published a new form and instructions with the goal of streamlining and simplifying the ERISA Title IV coverage determination process.

The legislation aims to establish a 30-year loan program and new financial assistance for financially troubled multiemployer pension plans.