Compliance

The proposed rule will help closed DB plans continue to satisfy minimum coverage and other testing requirements.

The proposal is modeled after the Federal government Thrift Savings Plan.

While applauding initiatives already announced, industry players encouraged federal lawmakers to consider further steps.

“If we remove the friction, more plan participants will stay in the system,” says Spencer Williams, president and CEO of Retirement Clearinghouse.

A new lawsuit filed by Schlichter, Bogard and Denton against Oracle Corporation for alleged mismanagement of the company’s 401(k) plan clearly echoes many of the complaints filed by the firm...

The agency has added more safe harbors to the normal retirement age requirements.

The administration would like to enable employers to more readily access an open MEP, such as those from different sectors but a similar location, for example.

The Supreme Court returned Amgen’s ESOP case to the lower court for a second time.

The accusations are similar to those in many stock drop lawsuits.

The EEOC has filed an age bias suit against a Popeye's Louisiana Kitchen.

It is essential for plan sponsors to understand how liens work under ERISA—and how a recent Supreme Court decision puts serious time pressures on the collection of equitable...

ICI and SIFMA contend the DOL proposal for state-run retirement programs would result in a confusing patchwork of laws and other unintended consequences.

Great-West, now doing business as Empower Retirement, has been accused of perpetrating a “revenue-sharing scheme” by one of its 401(k) clients.

The DOL has obtained judgment to distribute $1.3 million to participants in a Georgia 401(k) plan.

In comments to the DOL, the ARA and Voya Financial say the DOL’s proposal for state-run retirement plans for private-sector employees will create a lack of uniformity.

DB plan participants alleged misconduct from 2007 to 2010 that caused the plan to become underfunded and at risk of insolvency.

A lack of circuit court conflict has the Supreme Court passing on an important question related to qualified retirement plans: Can venue restriction clauses be enforced under the...

The SEC charged the bank for a pay-to-play scheme to win contracts to service Ohio pension funds.

Participants in JP Morgan’s 401(k) plan failed to state a claim that the company acted imprudently by keeping company stock in the plan after a trading scandal.

For some in the employee benefits industry, what President Obama didn’t say in his State of the Union address was the concern.