DOL Issues Eligibility Guidance
October 10, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – ERISA-governed employee benefit plans will now base spousal eligibility on the validity of the marriage...
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DOL Audit Suggests More Alternative Investment Oversight
October 2, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A report from the Office of Inspector General for the Department of Labor (DOL) shows...
Government Shutdown No Free Pass for Plan Sponsors
October 1, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Many regulator functions will halt during the federal government shutdown, but plan sponsors shouldn’t snooze.
DOL Announces More Enforcements
September 23, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Word that the Department of Labor (DOL) is stepping up its enforcement is being backed...
DOL Says Use State of Celebration for Marriage Definition
September 18, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced new guidance about the impact of the Supreme...
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Incorporating DOL TDF Tips into Your Processes
September 18, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – In March, the Department of Labor (DOL) prepared general guidance to assist plan fiduciaries in...
Income Projections: Showing Participants a Better Way
September 17, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Department of Labor (DOL) wants to know whether its proposal to show lifetime income...
A Conversation with the DOL
September 17, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Assistant Secretary of Labor Phyllis Borzi, with the Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) Employee Benefit Security...
No Fine for Failing to Provide Exchange Notice
September 16, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – There is no penalty for failing to provide health insurance exchange notices to employees by...
Form 5500 Data Shows DBs Boosted Retirement Plan Assets
September 5, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Department of Labor’s (DOL) Employee Benefit Security Administration (EBSA) has released Form 5500 data...
Trustees to Repay Union Benefit Funds
August 20, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The trustees of union benefit funds have begun a process of repayment to the funds...
Investment Adviser Ordered to Restore Plan Losses
August 19, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – An investment adviser has been ordered to restore plan losses, incentive fees and penalties for...
DOL Seeks to Replace Deceased Plan Trustee
August 15, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has asked a New York district court to replace...
DOL Announces Removal of Plan Fiduciaries
August 8, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL)’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) announced default judgments have...
Brokerage Must Repay Plan Participants, Beneficiaries
August 5, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – An insurance brokerage firm must repay more than $270,000 to the participants and beneficiaries of...
Court Orders Ill. Company to Restore Plan Assets
August 2, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – More than $150,000 must be restored to the profit-sharing plan of a now-defunct Illinois company,...
Surviving and Avoiding DOL Service Provider Investigations
August 2, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – There are practices that can trip up retirement plan providers and make them susceptible to...
Fiduciaries Removed from Kentucky Pension Plans
August 1, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A district court granted a preliminary injunction against former fiduciaries of several Kentucky pension plans.
More Regulatory Guidance Expected
August 1, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Plan sponsors and advisers are awaiting more regulatory guidance about a number of important issues.
SPARK Recommends Disclaimers for Lifetime Income Illustrations
July 31, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The SPARK Institute said it supports guidance that will encourage retirement plan sponsors and service...