IRS Issues Guide for Retirement Plan Reporting
September 22, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has created a guide for retirement plan sponsor reporting and...
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Government Backs Top Court Review of 401(k) Plan Fee Case
August 27, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Solicitor General has filed a brief asking the United States Supreme Court to...
DOL Wants Input About DC Plan Brokerage Windows
August 20, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued a request for information (RFI) about the use...
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Not the Time for In-Plan Income, PEI Says
August 14, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Current conditions in the retirement benefits arena make in-plan lifetime income solutions a difficult proposition...
Company Owner Personally Liable for Missing Contributions
August 8, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Charles David Snyder, fiduciary to the Cleveland-based Attevo 401(k) retirement plan, has been ordered by...
Plaintiffs Granted Summary Judgment in Church Plan Case
July 25, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal district court in California has granted a motion for partial summary judgment against...
EBSA Schedules Health Benefits Seminars
July 24, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) announced that there will be two...
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Current Guidelines for Electronic Communications
July 2, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Delivering all required retirement plan information can be time-consuming and expensive, but it’s a necessary...
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The Impact of Leakage on 401(k) Accumulations
June 23, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new analysis from the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) shows preretirement 401(k) account withdrawals...
Groups Weigh In on Proposed Fee Disclosure Regs
June 11, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – From excluding large plans to asking for wording that would prompt...
PSNC 2014: Washington Update
June 9, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Department of Labor (DOL) has increased full-scope audits of retirement plans, said Lisa Barton,...
Lumber Company Sued for Mismanagement of Plan Assets
June 6, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Department of Labor (DOL) has filed a lawsuit to recover 401(k) plan assets mismanaged...
Realtor to Repay Plan for Bad Real Estate Investment
May 30, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal district court has ordered an Oregon realtor to repay more than $400,000 to...
DOL Delays Fiduciary Redefinition Proposal Again
May 27, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Department of Labor (DOL) is now saying its re-proposal of what it calls “Conflict...
DOL Says Union Employee Fired for Helping with Investigation
May 22, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) alleges a former Cement Masons Southern California Administrative Corp....
DOL Offers Webinar on Health Benefits Laws
May 20, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Department of Labor (DOL) is presenting a webinar next week about compliance with the...
DOL Sues Health Plan for Not Disclosing Fees
May 2, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Department of Labor (DOL) initiated a lawsuit against a group health plan for failing...
Meeting Expectations of the DOL
May 1, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – There are four main fiduciary duties the Department of Labor (DOL) expects from plan sponsors.
Unremitted Contributions Cost Fiduciaries $142K
April 17, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A court has ordered the fiduciaries of a Columbia, Maryland, 401(k) plan to pay restitution...
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Sponsors Support Stricter Fiduciary Standards
April 9, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A survey of retirement plan sponsors from AARP suggests there is widespread support for holding...