Tag: Department of Labor (DOL)

President-elect Donald Trump announced his intent to nominate Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, an Oregon Republican, to head the Department of Labor.

Mercer’s policy lead says bipartisan work should continue to expand employer-sponsored retirement plan coverage, but tax treatment of such plans...

ERISA experts Fred Reish and Joan Neri answer a question about addressing a plan sponsor client’s error in implementing automatic...

The Retirement Savings Lost and Found database is expected to go live in December.

Relief ends on May 1, 2025, for areas impacted by hurricanes. 

A Trump administration and likely Republican-led Congress will create opportunities in many areas of retirement advisement, but they will also...

The employer-sponsored retirement plan industry will be watching for shifts in policy and focus with the return of a Donald...

DPL Financial Partners, which works in commission-free annuities, released a survey of RIAs and broker/dealers regarding the DOL’s stalled fiduciary...

The department’s report includes a strong focus on implementing programs like the Saver’s Match.

The list includes nearly 900 companies as part of the DOL’s finalized amendment to PTE 84-14.

McKinsey cybersecurity experts give tactics to protect against scammers.

A new compliance release issued by EBSA clarifies that cybersecurity guidance applies to all employee retirement benefit plans and health...

The Department of Labor has backed an appeal by IBM retirees to reopen a lawsuit alleging the company used outdated...

A district court judge put a permanent injunction on rules that required advisers to disclose any time they made decisions...

Fred Reish and Joan Neri detail how RIAs can comply with current rules while the new DOL fiduciary rule remains...

The department is ‘centralizing’ government benefits such as Social Security and disaster relief at USA.gov.

The bill differs from a recent House Appropriations Committee proposed budget that would cut funding for the Employee Benefits Security...

The Northern District of Texas quickly followed the Eastern by staying the Department of Labor’s fiduciary rule ahead of its...

The preliminary injunction issued in a Texas district court comes with the fiduciary rule scheduled to take effect September 23.

A challenge to the 2022 Department of Labor ESG rule on 401(k) plan investing returns to a Texas district court...