2021 ERISA Plan Compliance Calendar
A schedule to help plan sponsors track important due dates for their plan
Tag: DOL
Independent Fiduciary Appointed to Distribute $1.5M in Abandoned Plans
The plans were abandoned after the plan provider owners took their own lives.
DOL Adopts New Prohibited Transaction Exemption
The regulator has finalized a potentially important new prohibited transaction exemption.
DOL Announces Final Proxy Voting Rule
The DOL says it settled upon the final rule after reviewing approximately 300 written comments and 6,700 form letters from...
DOL Reveals Changes to 2020 Form 5500
Modifications include updates in response to the SECURE Act.
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Barry’s Pickings: Round and Round We Go
Michael Barry, president of O3 Plan Advisory Services LLC, discusses the political back and forth that occurs when administrations change,...
DOL Announces Final Rule on PEP Registration
The rule is in line with DOL’s proposed rulemaking that it announced in August and streamlines the electronic process by...
Asset Managers Share Initial Expectations for the Biden Presidency
One expected outcome at this very early juncture is that environmental, social and governance investing will see major advancements, sources...
DOL Issues Final Rule With Softer Stance on ESG
The final version of the regulation emphasizes the importance of using only ‘pecuniary’ factors in the assessment of investment options...
DOL ERISA Enforcement Results Increase From Previous Year
The agency’s enforcement report describes some ways enforcement actions are initiated.
Delay of Initial e-Disclosure Notice
Experts from Groom Law Group and Cammack Retirement Group answer questions concerning retirement plan administration and regulations.
The DOL’s ESG Proposal and DB Plans
Defined benefit plan fiduciaries can expand on their evaluations of ESG investments to show they are financially beneficial and not...
Revisiting the DOL’s 2013 TDF Tips
Even as target-date funds evolve, the Department of Labor’s guidance for selecting and monitoring the funds is still relevant.
Will DOL Independent Contractor Proposal Result in More Workers With Benefits?
The proposal is intended to offer processes to clearly determine a worker’s status.
PSNC 2020: Retirement Plan Cybersecurity
In light of a lack of guidance from the DOL on how sponsors should protect their plans from cyberattacks, speakers...
PSNC 2020: Preston Rutledge’s Inside View of the DOL
As the nation’s top retirement and health plan regulator, Preston Rutledge oversaw an agency of more than 800 employee benefits...
PSNC 2020: Legislative and Regulatory Update Part II
Experts explained regulations and legislation from Washington, D.C., as well as what employers can do if they ever face ERISA...
PSNC 2020: Time to Get Serious About ESG?
Environmental, social and governance investing is slowing becoming pervasive in DC plans, particularly as Millennials are poised to become the...
PSNC 2020: What’s Next?
This year’s conference opened with a lively discussion about the changes plan sponsors are experiencing, the new issues to which...
DOL’s Proposed Proxy Voting Rule Another Attempt to Make Stance Permanent
Attorneys say the DOL is showing frustration over the regulatory back and forth on employee benefit plan proxy voting as...