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...
Tag: EBSA
Reps. Petition DOL on Fiduciary Rule
January 15, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – U.S. House members belonging to the New Democrat Coalition asked the Department of Labor (DOL)...
Pension Funding Up Sharply in 2013
January 2, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The pension funded status of the U.S.’s largest corporations jumped by 16 percentage points in...
DOL Releases Updated Form 5500
December 5, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Department of Labor (DOL) has released informational copies of the new Form 5500.
DOL Audit Suggests More Alternative Investment Oversight
October 2, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A report from the Office of Inspector General for the Department of Labor (DOL) shows...
Income Projections: Showing Participants a Better Way
September 17, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Department of Labor (DOL) wants to know whether its proposal to show lifetime income...
A Conversation with the DOL
September 17, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Assistant Secretary of Labor Phyllis Borzi, with the Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) Employee Benefit Security...
DOL Resolves Case of Illegal Pension Transactions
July 24, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has obtained a judgment in federal court against a...
DOL Sues Hospital Owners for Employee Benefits
July 5, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) is suing the owners of a Louisiana hospital for...
DOL Extends Lifetime Income Comment Period
June 27, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) is allowing...
DOL Sues to Recover Misused Pension Funds
June 11, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has filed lawsuits seeking to restore $4.9 million of...
DOL Launches Online Retirement Tool Kit
June 6, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has launched an online tool kit to help employees...
DOL OKs Process for Abandoned Plans
June 3, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL)'s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) has approved a process...
DOL Seeks Comments About Lifetime Income Data
May 7, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) is seeking comments about rules for lifetime income illustrations...
Ambulance Company Failed to Credit Employee Contributions
April 22, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) says a bankrupt ambulance services company in LaVergne, Tennessee,...
DOL Obtains $80M for Sherwin-Williams Participants
February 21, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Department of Labor (DOL) has obtained $80 million for participants of Sherwin-Williams’ employee stock...
DOL Requests Input About Benefit Statement Surveys
January 28, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Department of Labor (DOL) is soliciting comments about...
DOL Suggests Abandoned Plan Use by Bankruptcy Trustees
December 11, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Department of Labor’s (DOL's) Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) proposed a rule to help...
First Bankers Trust Faces Another DOL Suit
December 7, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has filed a lawsuit to recover losses suffered by...
Plan Trustees Sentenced for Embezzling From 401(k)
October 1, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Trustees of the Shelbyville, Kentucky-based Irotas Manufacturing Co. Inc. 401(k) plan have been sentenced for...