Compliance | December 19th, 2019 SECURE Act Passed By Full Congress Passage of the SECURE Act is being hailed as a major accomplishment that will allow Congress to turn to other...
Compliance | December 18th, 2019 SECURE Act Progress Raises Enforcement Timeline Questions The SECURE Act’s establishment of an in-plan annuity selection safe harbor and the development of open MEPs will take time...
Compliance | December 17th, 2019 SECURE Act Provisions Folded Into Congressional Spending Bill Passed By House News that the SECURE Act’s provisions may soon become law caps off a year of intense lobbying efforts, spearheaded in...
Compliance | December 10th, 2019 Officials Issue New Items for DB Plan Sponsors The PBGC has issued a final rule regarding pension plans undergoing distress or involuntary termination, and the OSFI has released...
Compliance | December 4th, 2019 Legislation Would Allow Retirement Plan Withdrawals to Pay Student Loan Debt While this seems counterintuitive to the effort to discourage leakage from retirement accounts, a summary of the bill states, “The...
Compliance | November 27th, 2019 Puerto Rico Retirement Plans Will See Tax Provisions Reinstated Certain provisions regarding plan distributions and loans were erroneously eliminated by a previous bill, a law firm says.
Opinions | November 19th, 2019 Why Americans Need the SECURE Act The president and chief operating officer of Nationwide Financial makes a case for how passage of the SECURE Act will...
Compliance | November 5th, 2019 U.S. Business Leaders Call for SECURE Act Passage in Senate Their plea, addressed both to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, comes some six months...
Compliance | October 17th, 2019 Leader McConnell Pushed for SECURE Act Passage by GOP Senators A group of seven prominent Republican senators are publicly pressing Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to work to get the SECURE...
Compliance | August 19th, 2019 Legislator Introduces Another Auto-IRA Bill As with legislation introduced previously, employers without retirement plans would be required to automatically enroll employees into an IRA at...
Compliance | August 9th, 2019 DOL Issues Fact Sheet on Retirement Benefits for Vets Returning to Work The Uniform Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) requires that returning service members, on reemployment, be treated as though...
Compliance | August 5th, 2019 State Laws Prevent Single Provider for Some K-12 403(b)s Yet another law requiring multiple providers for K-12 403(b) plans is reigniting the debate over whether more choice is good...
Compliance | July 26th, 2019 Mercer Talks Legislative and Regulatory Changes Sources say Congress may try to tack the SECURE Act onto other moving legislation this fall, and they recount the...
Administration | July 16th, 2019 Some Help for Women’s Retirement Savings Gap May Be Coming Some legislative proposals, such as the SECURE Act, may address challenges to retirement income adequacy women face, but there are...
Data and Research | July 12th, 2019 Legislative Proposals Could Help Retirement Income Adequacy: EBRI Younger employees would benefit most from a requirement for employers to offer retirement plans, while older employees would benefit most...
Compliance | July 10th, 2019 Open MEPs Not for Every Plan Sponsor If legislation passes to allow for open multiple employer plans (MEPs) for plan sponsors without a common nexus, experts believe...
Reader Responses | July 1st, 2019 SURVEY SAYS: The SECURE Act and Retirement Income Adequacy PLANSPONSOR NewsDash readers weigh in on whether certain provisions of the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act...
Compliance | June 17th, 2019 Rhode Island Moves Closer to Church Pension Transparency Both chambers of the State Assembly have passed legislation that would require religious organizations that manage pension plans to send...
Compliance | June 6th, 2019 PSNC 2019: Washington Update Attorneys discuss provisions of the widely supported SECURE Act, plus hot topics in regulation.
Compliance | May 23rd, 2019 Senate and House Staff Already Discussing SECURE Act Word on the Hill is that the Senate may decide to take up the House version of the SECURE Act...