Tag: EBSA

The Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) launched a website that offers information about fee disclosures to help workers with defined contribution (DC) retirement plans.

Brokerage windows should not be used to sidestep fee disclosure, a source from the Department of Labor (DOL) stressed. 

Do you really know how your broker/dealer makes money? If not, it’s time to learn before a Department of Labor (DOL) investigator knocks on your door.

A.B.D. Tank & Pump Co. in Elmhurst, Illinois, has been ordered to restore $2,767,051 to the company’s retirement plan.

Groom Law Group, Chartered, which focuses exclusively on employee benefits, hired five attorneys.

Distinguishing between education and advice is among the most difficult issues when updating the definition of fiduciary, according to a Department of Labor (DOL) official.

A court found ABB Inc. and Fidelity breached some fiduciary duties owed to participants in ABB’s retirement plans.

A coalition of retirement plan trade associations is urging the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) to permit broader use of electronic communications to deliver disclosures under the 408(b)(2)...

U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) Secretary Hilda L. Solis told lawmakers this week that the agency is not rushing on its re-proposal of a new definition of fiduciary.

The U.S. Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration announced two upcoming “Getting It Right – Know Your Fiduciary Responsibilities” webcasts.

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) is hosting a voluntary fiduciary correction program (VFCP) advanced workshop.

Some industry experts are concerned that covered service providers will misinterpret the Department of Labor’s (DoL) 408(b)(2) regulation guidance about using ranges to estimate indirect compensation.  

The Tribune Co., GreatBanc Trust Co. and various insurance carriers completed funding a global settlement of $32 million for the Tribune Employee Stock Ownership Plan’s participants. 

The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) obtained a summary judgment ordering Compass Capital Partners Ltd. and owner Harris M. DeWese to restore $661,206 to the defunct West Chester,...

 Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP hired Bradford P. Campbell, former assistant secretary of Labor of the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), as counsel in its Employee Benefits & Executive...

 The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) filed a lawsuit against Towson Rehabilitation Center LLC and CEO Howard Neels for failing to remit employees’ contributions to the company’s 401(k)...

The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DoL) Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) issued a final rule on 408(b)(2) fee disclosure Thursday.

The Department of Labor (DOL) announced upcoming voluntary fiduciary correction program workshops in three states.

The Employee Benefits Security Administration issued Technical Release 2011-03R, revising its interim policy regarding the use of electronic media to satisfy participant-level fee disclosure requirements.