Tag: Department of Labor (DOL)

IRS compliance questions have been removed from the form.

House and Senate Democrats hope to pass legislation to “put union pension plans back on solid footing,” but their bicameral...

Employer and employee contributions to the multiple employer welfare arrangement were found in offshore Bermuda accounts.

The 11th Circuit ultimately ruled that it is common sense to conclude that since a litigant can renounce his most...

Until the final rule’s publication in the Federal Register, the exact details and length of the second enforcement delay will...

The future head of EBSA would play a substantial role in the fate of the fiduciary rule.

The list of regulatory and legislative challenges affecting employers and their retirement plan consultants can seem endless, and when linked...

Specific policy changes and plan sponsor initiatives can make guaranteed lifetime income a norm in the DC plan space, TIAA...

The mutual-fund based program also offers an in-plan retirement income option and access to 3(38) fiduciary services.

The relief regards verification procedures for plan loans and distributions, participant contributions and loan payments, blackout notices, and group health...

The PBGC and DOL also are providing relief similar to that provided to Hurricane Harvey victims.

Michael Barry, president of the Plan Advisory Services Group, discusses possible implications of the DOL fiduciary rule and how the...

As the DOL lays out, the primary purpose of the proposed delay of full enforcement is to give the department...

The Department of Labor recommends the incorporation of workforce demographics into QDIA design; different providers have different philosophies about the...

The underlying complaint challenges the process and motivation surrounding the termination of a group annuity contract.

A new report answers some common questions plan sponsors may have about the BICE rule.

In general, if a covered service provider will continue after the fiduciary rule to provide services only in a non-fiduciary...

“The DOL conflict of interest rule poses risk to a firm if [practice leaders] knowingly allow advisers to manage underperforming...

MagnaCare has been ordered to return at least 14.5 million to ERISA-covered health benefit plans.