Tag: Department of Labor (DOL)

During the shutdown, more than 75% of the Department of Labor’s staff are furloughed, but critical requirements like Form 5500...

The agency says its regulation for qualified default investment alternatives is flexible enough to accommodate innovations in retirement products.

The newly confirmed Assistant Secretary of Labor and head of the Employee Benefits Security Administration has pledged to streamline retirement...

Two of the bills, which target the Department of Labor’s audit process, sparked heated debate, but the third bill, concerning...

The bill would have states report unclaimed retirement savings to a Department of Labor database, making it easier for individuals...

The Department of Labor decided that Morgan Stanley's deferred compensation program is a bonus, rather than a pension plan subject...

The agency has not been enforcing the 2024 rule and will consider a new one, using pre-2024 standards in the...

Last month, President Donald Trump's executive order gave the Department of Labor six months to provide its regulatory agenda.

The U.S. Department of Labor released 150 regulatory proposals, including reversals of Biden-era Environmental, Social and Governance rules and the...

The subcommittee's fiscal year 2026 spending bill would trim the Department of Labor's budget by 28% and the Employee Benefits...

Starting on September 30, the Department of Labor will transition to paperless checks, according to a notice published in the...

The senators wrote Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer that plan fiduciaries need ‘critical safe harbor protections’ from ‘frivolous lawsuits.’

The Department of Labor asked for an extension through October to consider its options in a federal case challenging the...

The Department of Labor swiftly rescinded a 2021 letter questioning private investments in 401(k) plans, but DOL officials have not...

U.S. District Judge Max Cogburn Jr. rejected Bank of America’s argument that its decisions were made in a “settlor capacity”...

‘Significant adverse comments’ led to the Department of Labor's decision to not repeal protections offered in the Pension Protection Act...

Department of Labor officials said the 2021 statement had a ‘chilling effect’ for saying that plan fiduciaries were ‘not likely...

The Garden State has proposed labeling investment advisers and broker/dealers ‘employees’ rather than ‘independent contractors.’

The Department of Labor said the guidance no longer reflects its views, rescinding a 2023 advisory opinion approving the Citi...

In filing an amicus brief to an appeal involving HP Inc., the Department of Labor offered guidance on an issue...