Tag: EBSA

A complaint filed in a Pennsylvania district court by the DOL’s Employee Benefits Security Administration alleges a list of ERISA infractions related to fees, documents, disclosures and processes...

Organizations and individuals in the retirement plan community are invited to submit comments or request to address the ERISA Advisory Council.

The agency has announced three locations at which it will host its seminar.

The IRS, EBSA and the PBGC want to simplify and improve the process of creating and submitting the Form 5500 for employers. 

Following the firm’s open letter to Congress, it is working with key Senate and House members to submit a bill.

The recent judgement against AIT Laboratories adds nearly $3.5 million to previous collections, now totaling more than $7 million. 

Rich McHugh discusses proposals in Congress and regulator initiatives that will affect the retirement plan industry.

The suit alleges a law firm president and owner caused the company’s retirement plan to loan thousands of dollars to real estate deals he controlled.

The DOL alleged that James Brunk and Brunk Industries Inc. failed to collect prevailing wage employer contributions for the employees’ 401(k) plan provided by government contracts for work...

The agency is offering its “Getting It Right – Know Your Fiduciary Responsibilities” seminar in five locations.

Johanson agreed to some of the broadest restrictions the department has sought to date on an attorney's ability to advise parties concerning transactions that involve employee benefit plans...

More than a few industry insiders and analysts have tipped their hats to DOL and Labor Secretary Perez for listening carefully to criticism and reshaping some of the...

ERISA experts warn that it will take some time to judge the final fiduciary rule published by the DOL, given the serious length and complexity of the rulemaking...

Some of the biggest financial services firms and advocacy groups have registered their initial impressions of the Department of Labor’s final fiduciary rule, including FSI, TIAA, FPC and...

Labor Secretary Thomas Perez stressed to reporters that changes made to the proposed version of the regulations will make the final fiduciary standard broader and stronger, “but absolutely...

A now-defunct company failed to take the appropriate steps to terminate its 401(k) plan.