Tag: Department of Labor (DOL)

When it comes to employee benefit plans, there’s a new sheriff in town. 

The Department of Labor is killing the final 401(k) investment advice rule under the Pension Protection Act, according to news reports.

A trade group representing retirement services industry providers has recommended the creation of a mandatory standardized 401(k) plan.

The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) has gone back to federal court asking a judge to force a former health-care firm owner to restore millions of dollars he...

Plan sponsors got a bit of a roadmap from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) about how to rely on a summary prospectus to...

House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) on Saturday threw his support behind President Barack Obama’s announcement of initiatives to help Americans increase their personal savings. 

As the nation turns its attention to the three-day Labor Day weekend, the White House is talking about retirement security. 

The U.S. Department of Labor has sued defunct Vinyl-Mark Products Inc. of Hueytown, Alabama, and the company's pension and profit-sharing plan trustees for allegedly misusing plan assets to...

The Department of Labor (DoL) has said its Form 5500 transition relief for 403(b) plans applies to years beyond the 2009 plan year.

The U.S. Senate has approved the nomination of Phyllis Borzi as assistant secretary of labor for the Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA).

The U.S. Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) is taking its compliance seminar series to Atlanta.

The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a judgment in federal district court that will lead to the distribution of $164,251 in 401(k) plan assets to 14 participants.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released the lineup of witnesses set to testify about target-date funds before SEC and Department of Labor (DoL) officials on Thursday.

Plan fiduciaries looking for insights about their responsibilities can now get that information from the Labor Department without leaving their desks.

Those who had been waiting anxiously (or nervously) for that final wave of regulations from the Department of Labor will have (get?) to wait a bit longer, it...

The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released a new publication to help small employers understand automatic enrollment for 401(k) plans.