DOL Schedules Health Benefits Seminars for May, July
April 4, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Department of Labor (DOL) is offering two free seminars about compliance with health benefit...
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DOL Says 401(k) Trustee Failed to Perform Duties
March 28, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Department of Labor (DOL) has filed a lawsuit to remove and replace a 401(k)...
DOL Seeks Fiduciary for Abandoned 403(b)
March 20, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Department of Labor (DOL) is seeking approval to have an independent fiduciary appointed for...
DOL Report Helps with Evaluation of Health Plans
March 18, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new report from the Department of Labor (DOL) describes a conceptual framework of health...
DOL Hosting Series of Fiduciary Webcasts
March 17, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Department of Labor is presenting the “Getting It Right – Know Your Fiduciary Responsibilities”...
Congressional Hispanic Caucus Weighs in on Fiduciary Rules
March 12, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A group of 26 members of the U.S. House of Representatives, known as the Congressional...
DOL Proposes Service Provider Fee Guides
March 11, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Department of Labor is seeking public comments about a proposed revision to fee...
Abandoned Construction Company Gets New Fiduciary
March 6, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Department of Labor (DOL) has obtained authorization to appoint a new fiduciary for the...
Time to End Complacency About Plan Errors
February 11, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – More defined contribution retirement plans are out of compliance with Department of Labor (DOL) and...
DOL Cracking Down on Unremitted Contributions
February 7, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Department of Labor (DOL) announced enforcement efforts against two retirement plan sponsors that failed...
SPARK Asks for Flexibility on Fee Disclosures
January 27, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The SPARK Institute Inc., a lobbying group for retirement plan service providers, is hoping to...
Appeals Court Upholds Anti-Cutback Decision
January 21, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal appeals court upheld a ruling that an employer did not violate anti-cutback rules...
Federal Contractor to Restore $2M in Pension Benefits
January 14, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) resulted in the restoration of $1,979,779...
The DOL Retirement Plan Pipeline in 2014
December 30, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The retirement industry is anticipating a fiduciary re-definition and rules about lifetime income illustrations for...
Deadlines for Plan Sponsors in Puerto Rico
December 10, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Those who sponsor retirement plans for employees based in Puerto Rico should make note of...
American Samoan Plan Sponsor Failed to Administer Plan
December 9, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Department of Labor (DOL) obtained a court order assigning a new fiduciary for a...
DOL Coming to New York City
December 9, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Plan sponsors can get their fiduciary responsibility questions answered during a Department of Labor (DOL)...
ASPPA Urges Simplicity for Same-Gender Rules
December 4, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The American Society of Pension Professionals and Actuaries (ASPPA) is petitioning regulators for easy-to-apply guidance...
DOL Finds Fiduciaries Violated ERISA With Stock Purchase
November 20, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Department of Labor (DOL) has filed a lawsuit in U.S. district court to recover...
Court OKs Asset Restoration for Mass. Plan
November 18, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Department of Labor (DOL) won judgment from a federal district court to have funds...