Compliance

A federal judge found the agreement does dictate important aspects about the participant’s benefits under the 401(k) plan.

While initiatives to expand retirement access get support, the DOL’s conflict of interest rule and the ACA’s Cadillac tax do not.

The newly emerged text of President Obama’s 2017 budget proposal includes hundreds of millions of dollars in proposed funding over the next decade to encourage wider use of...

Many employees now plan to work later to be retirement ready, but lawsuits filed by the EEOC indicate that may be hard for some due to bias.

Not all plan designs fit into prototype plan documents, so how will the IRS’ elimination of the determination letter affect them?

After seeing their pension risk transfer lawsuits dismissed in both district and circuit court, tens of thousands of former Verizon employees hope SCOTUS will have more sympathy.

The International Association of Machinists National Pension Fund and its board of trustees are facing a lawsuit.

The 6th Circuit wants the district court to reconsider the vested retiree health benefits challenge in light of a Supreme Court decision about the case.

The agency is hosting a webinar about the 2015 Cumulative List.

The guidance includes prohibited changes to a safe harbor retirement plan.

ERISA expert discusses the significant implications of the Supreme Court’s decision in Montanile v. Board of Trustees, especially as it pertains to plan sponsors enforcing liens on retirement...

FASB says its objective is to improve the effectiveness of disclosures.

The Department of Labor has advanced its conflict of interest regulations to the Office of Management and Budget for final review.

The proposed rule will help closed DB plans continue to satisfy minimum coverage and other testing requirements.

The proposal is modeled after the Federal government Thrift Savings Plan.

While applauding initiatives already announced, industry players encouraged federal lawmakers to consider further steps.

“If we remove the friction, more plan participants will stay in the system,” says Spencer Williams, president and CEO of Retirement Clearinghouse.

A new lawsuit filed by Schlichter, Bogard and Denton against Oracle Corporation for alleged mismanagement of the company’s 401(k) plan clearly echoes many of the complaints filed by the firm...

The agency has added more safe harbors to the normal retirement age requirements.

The administration would like to enable employers to more readily access an open MEP, such as those from different sectors but a similar location, for example.