Compliance

The judge noted that the “right to a particular form of investment (e.g., investment in employer stock or securities)” is not a protected benefit under the IRC anti-cutback...

A federal judge ruled the lead plaintiff does not have standing to bring his claim because he never purchased or sold ADRs of Sanofi during the alleged period...

The DOL filed a proposal to dismiss the lawsuit after the contractor made a payment to the plan.

The lawsuit notes that the plan's fiduciary ignored multiple suggestions to hire a professional to manage the plan's investments.

Thrivent alleges the DOL has exceeded its authority by requiring that the BIC Exemption include a contractual agreement that customers could pursue a breach of contract action and...

Attendees will learn about hours of service; changes in employee status; student participation; and other 403(b) rules.

The revenue procedure updates the comprehensive system of correction programs for sponsors of retirement plans that are intended to satisfy the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code, but...

California Senate Bill 1234, known as the Secure Choice Retirement Savings Act, is now law. 

A concise example of summary judgement published by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court underscores retirement plan fiduciaries’ absolute duty to diversify and carefully administer participant assets. 

An appellate court has sent the case back to a lower court after finding that BP's ESOP participants did not meet all pleading standards set by the U.S....

ERISA Section 502(a)(3) may extend to remedy inequitable conduct pertaining to a supposed waiver of plan rights and to a breach of the general good faith standard of...

The SEC recently weighed in on whether offering a brokerage window in a 401(k) through which investments in employer securities can be made involves an offer of employer...

The high court has granted a stay on a lower court's mandate for Dignity Health to get its pension plan in compliance with ERISA.

Electrical equipment installation company Steven Keares Inc. owes more than $166,000 to the plan.

The Retirement Enhancements and Savings Act of 2016 includes many other provisions that address plan sponsors' needs and questions.

A UPMC hospital system subsidiary in Altoona, Pennsylvania, filed a lawsuit claiming plan service provider CBIZ Benefits & Insurance Services made costly actuarial errors in projecting pension liabilities.

ERISA specialist Erin Sweeney recently attended a key hearing in one of the five ongoing pieces of litigation filed against the DOL fiduciary rule reforms; she offers an...

The DOL previously announced it is offering grants to facilitate research into retirement plans for low-wage earners.

Under the final rule, penalty rates and caps are both cut in half.

The relief is available for plan years beginning before 2018, if certain conditions are satisfied.