Compliance | June 1st, 2026 Comment Deadline is Today on DOL’s Proposed Investment Rule Nearly 40,000 comments have been filed since EBSA made the proposal on March 31.
Participants | May 26th, 2026 Communications Experts Advise: ‘Keep it Simple’ Information about alternatives in DC plans should provide straightforward explanations about diversification and clear information about cost and liquidity.
Opinions | April 14th, 2026 401(k) Savers Deserve Better Than Washington’s Ping-Pong Why the focus should be on the best ways both to protect job-based retirement and health benefits and to provide...
Compliance | April 7th, 2026 Trump’s Fiscal 2027 Budget Slashes Size of Federal Agencies The departments of Labor and the Treasury, along with the IRS and other agencies, would lose headcount.
Compliance | April 4th, 2025 Former Acting Labor Secretary Su Outlines ‘Risks’ to DOL Under Trump In a commentary this week, Julie Su opined about “nightmares that could become the norm in a country without a...
Compliance | October 21st, 2024 Nearly 900 Firms Register with DOL Under Amended Prohibited Transaction Rule The list, created under the DOL’s finalized amendment to PTE 84-14, is the first to self-identify managers of ERISA-covered assets.
Compliance | February 22nd, 2023 Construction Company Lawsuit Targets Its Retirement Plan Providers The lawsuit filed by Martone Construction claims its retirement plan providers ignored requested investment trades and claimed that trading was...
Compliance | December 22nd, 2022 Not a Cybersecurity Expert? No Problem Standardized processes can help plans identify vendors who excel at providing data protection for the retirement industry.
Compliance | September 29th, 2022 Senate Confirms Lisa Gomez as EBSA Head The full Senate voted, 49-36, to confirm the new assistant secretary of labor for the Employee Benefits Security Administration.
Data and Research | September 7th, 2022 DOL Partners With Women’s Group to Host Retirement Webinar The webcast will address challenges many women face in saving for retirement.
Compliance | June 15th, 2022 Department of Labor Open to Crypto Rule for Retirement Plans Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh also testified in Congress that President Joe Biden’s budget must be implemented to protect workers’...
Compliance | December 14th, 2017 Multiemployer Plan Fund Manager Sentenced for Fund Theft In addition to being barred as serving as a fiduciary for five years, the fund manager is ordered to make...