Tag: Department of Labor (DOL)

A federal judge in Pennsylvania made a mistake when he threw out a 401(k) excessive fee case against Unisys Corporation and Fidelity Management Trust Company, the Department of...

An audit report claims the Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) could do more to protect retirement plan assets from conflicts of interest.

Even though the U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) has already turned down a similar request, The American Society of Pension Professionals & Actuaries (ASPPA) has also asked for...

The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) has charged that a Laguna Hills, California, firm diverted more than $920,000 in employee and employer contributions owed to the company’s 401(k)...

Regulatory changes and the recent economic downturn have led to changes in retirement plans sponsored by health care employers.

A strong theme in testimony from witnesses at this week’s hearing into providing lifetime income options in retirement plans was a warning of how much sponsors fear incurring...

Forty-five companies and interest groups representing the retirement industry testified before the Department of Labor (DoL) and the U.S. Treasury yesterday and today to discuss lifetime income...

A selection of the 44 comments received by the U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) about its pending fee-disclosure rule shows broad support for the rule’s intent, but continued...

The Department of Labor’s Employee Benefit Security Administration is issuing a proposed rule that would supersede the existing procedure governing the filing and processing of applications for administrative...

The U. S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) has released the agenda for the upcoming joint hearing with the Department of the Treasury on lifetime...

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) will hold a free New York City workshop on September 1 about its Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program (VFCP)....

After months of anticipation, the Department of Labor (DoL) has released its interim final rule on fee disclosure.

A business owner in Holyoke, Massachusetts, has pleaded guilty to embezzling $45,000 from his employees' retirement plan.

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) is offering a free workshop for employee benefit plan professionals, including clients of plan service providers.

A federal court judge has refused to dismiss claims by a 401(k) participant that plan fiduciaries breached their duties when they transferred his accounts into a new default...

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The Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration has announced two upcoming dates for its “Getting It Right…Know Your Fiduciary Responsibilities” seminar.