Compliance | July 8th, 2013 DOL Sues Medical Practice for 401(k) Contributions July 8, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Department of Labor (DOL) has filed a complaint against Pulmonary Disease & Critical Care...
Compliance | July 5th, 2013 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...
Compliance | July 2nd, 2013 Industry Leaders to DOL: Don’t Stifle Innovation July 3, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Lifetime income projections can be eye-opening for participants, but only if they're illustrated effectively.
Compliance | June 28th, 2013 Compliance Issues for 403(b)s June 28, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Some retirement plan compliance issues are unique to 403(b)s.
Compliance | June 27th, 2013 Tips for Document Requests in Service Provider Investigations June 27, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - It’s a situation dreaded by every service provider to...
Compliance | June 27th, 2013 DOL Extends Lifetime Income Comment Period June 27, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) is allowing...
Compliance | June 21st, 2013 DOL to Hold Two Fiduciary Seminars June 21, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) will be offering two seminars about retirement plan compliance...
Ask the Experts | June 18th, 2013 (b)lines Ask the Experts – Is Auditing More Lenient for Inactive Contracts? June 18, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR (b)lines) – An attendee at the recent PLANSPONSOR National...
Compliance | June 11th, 2013 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...
Compliance | June 11th, 2013 DOL Offers Health Benefits Seminar in Oregon June 11, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor is teaming up with the State of Oregon to offer...
Compliance | May 23rd, 2013 The Regulators Are Coming May 23, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Department of Labor (DOL) Employee Benefit Security Administration’s (EBSA) budget has decreased for 2014,...
Compliance | May 23rd, 2013 DOL Announces Two Fiduciary Seminars May 23, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) will be offering two seminars about retirement plan compliance...
Compliance | May 1st, 2013 Regulations: What’s Happened and What’s Coming May 1, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Retirement plan sponsors have been dealing with several regulatory initiatives in the past year and...
Benefits | April 24th, 2013 DOL Webinar Will Help Employees Plan Finances April 24, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – An April 30 webinar from the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) is marketed toward college...
Compliance | April 22nd, 2013 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,...
Compliance | April 10th, 2013 DOL Budget Request Includes PBGC Premium Initiative April 10, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) fiscal year 2014 budget request mainly focuses on continued...
Benefits | March 19th, 2013 Mandatory Distributions Reduce Cost and Risk March 19, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – It can be costly for plans and their fiduciaries if participants with retirement accounts of...
Compliance | March 14th, 2013 DOL Guidance About Swap Clearing and ERISA Plans March 14, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank) requires that swap transactions go...
Compliance | March 8th, 2013 DOL’s TDF Guidance ‘Mischaracterizes the Market’ March 8, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Is the Department of Labor (DOL) stepping on toes with its guidance about target-date fund...
Compliance | March 6th, 2013 Regulatory and Legal DC Issues for 2013 March 6, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A group of attorneys discussed the regulatory and legal issues defined contribution (DC) plan sponsors should...