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August 12, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Millions of active and retired employees increasingly rely on their defined contribution plan savings to help provide a secure retirement.

August 7, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Experts from Groom Law Group answer a question about seasonal employees and how they are treated under the employer mandate look-back rules.

July 23, 2013 - There are many localized versions of the board game Monopoly which are officially licensed by Hasbro.

July 8, 2013 (PLANPSONSOR.com) - On May 2, 2013, the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS’s) Exempt Organizations division released its Colleges and Universities Compliance Project Final Report.

July 3, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Treasury, DOL and HHS recently published proposed regulations (78 Fed. Reg. 17313 (March 21, 2013)) (“Proposed Regulations”)...

June 14, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Not all 457(b) deferred compensation plans are the same.

June 12, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Each year, health plans must provide Summaries of Benefits and Coverage (SBCs) prior to enrollment so that employees can...

June 7, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Everywhere that plan sponsors turned over the past 18 months, they heard talk of fee disclosure.

May 28, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The current retirement landscape underscores the importance of managing risk and volatility in employer-sponsored retirement plans.

May 7, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Sponsors of 403(b) plans should take note of several recent announcements by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) concerning compliance with the various requirements...

April 24, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Department of Labor (DOL) recently issued a series of FAQs that addressed, among other things, applicability of the deductible and out-of-pocket limits...

April 23, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Is it your problem if your employees can’t retire? For many employers, the answer has been “no.”

April 12, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Interest rates have continued to fall since the start of the financial crisis in 2008, with the yield on the 10-year Treasury declining...

March 27, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Earlier this year, Treasury and the IRS published proposed regulations (78 Fed. Reg. 217 (January 2, 2013)) on the employer "shared responsibility" requirements...

March 25, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Many plan sponsors would like to avoid returning excess contributions to their highly compensated employees, so how can they improve their nondiscrimination test...

March 13, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - DOL, HHS, and Treasury recently issued several FAQs related to questions they have received on the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA's) preventive care provisions.

March 8, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mistakes happen, particularly when trying to operate your 403(b) plan in a complex, ever-changing regulatory environment.

February 13, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - At the end of 2012, the Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and Treasury issued new proposed wellness rules that, when finalized,...

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