EBSA Expands Delinquent Filer Voluntary Compliance Program
According to the agency, the self-correction program now includes those multiple employer welfare arrangements that failed to submit required Form...
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Federal Agencies Propose Changes to Health Plan Price Transparency Rules
The jointly issued proposal would expand data disclosures, expose utilization patterns and increase compliance responsibilities for employer-sponsored plans.
Law Firm Faces Fine for Sharing Confidential Information With DOL
Common interest agreements between legal firms and the Department of Labor have attracted prior criticism but they are less likely...
What Might Top EBSA’s Priority List Under Aronowitz?
The new agency head will have to balance an executive order, SECURE 2.0 deadlines and other responsibilities.
Daniel Aronowitz Confirmed as Head of DOL’s EBSA
The former president of Encore Fiduciary will head the Employee Benefits Security Administration, having pledged to streamline retirement plan oversight...
DOL Withdraws Annuity Safe Harbor Final Rule After Blowback
The proposal would have repealed the protections offered in the Pension Protection Act of 2006.
ESOP Association Launches Paid Campaign to Urge Aronowitz’s Confirmation as EBSA Head
The insurance expert, who awaits a full Senate vote, said he would ‘end the war on ESOPs’ if confirmed.
Pontera Adds Former EBSA Head Lisa Gomez as Strategic Adviser
The former assistant secretary of the Employee Benefits Security Administration will work alongside recordkeepers, retirement plan advisers, plan sponsors and...
EBSA Removes ‘Obsolete’ Interpretive ERISA Guidance
The division of the Department of Labor said discarding the three bulletins would avoid ‘confusion and unnecessary complexity.’
Daniel Aronowitz Approved by Senate Committee as EBSA Head
Trump’s nominee will now face a full Senate vote to lead the Department of Labor agency tasked with enforcing the...
ERISA Lawyers Weigh In on Recent Cases, Aronowitz Confirmation
Plan sponsors continue to face a flurry of legal action, but the nominee to head EBSA has pledged to cut...
EBSA Nominee Aronowitz Vows to Streamline Retirement Plan Oversight, End ‘War on ESOPs’
The potential assistant secretary of labor for the Employee Benefits Security Administration called for reduced regulation to encourage expanded retirement...
EBSA Requests Slimmer Budget, Fewer Employees for 2026
Continuing a Trump administration trend of reducing the size and scope of the federal government, EBSA aims to ‘make its...
DOL Launches Multi-Agency Opinion Letter Program to Boost Compliance Assistance
The initiative aims to provide clearer, more accessible guidance on federal labor laws across five agencies, including the Employee Benefits...
DOJ to Stay Enforcement of Mental Health Parity Act
The Trump administration is reconsidering the final rule that was issued last year, and it may rescind or modify the...
ERISA Advisory Council Currently ‘On Ice’
Federal advisory committees have become targets in President Donald Trump’s efforts to downsize the federal government.
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What DOL Layoffs Could Mean for the Future of EBSA
Probationary employees and the head of the agency’s division of employee ownership were recently terminated amid President Donald Trump’s efforts...
House Committee on Education and Workforce Re-Issues Request to Investigate EBSA ‘Power Abuse’
The committee is again asking the Department of Labor’s Office of Inspector General to look into allegations that the Employee...
DOL Makes Improvements to Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program
The department also provided plan fiduciaries with an option to help manage small benefit amounts owed to missing participants.
DOL’s Ali Khawar Stepping Down Ahead of Trump Inauguration
The career Department of Labor official, appointed to his most recent post in the Biden administration, will not be there...