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Group Urges Massachusetts to Wait on Fiduciary Standard
Massachusetts consumers stand to lose access to vital retirement planning and other financial advice under a proposed state…
Elizabeth Warren ‘Cautions’ DOL About Weak Fiduciary Rule
Liberal gadfly and presidential hopeful Senator Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., wrote to Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia Wednesday in the…
How Much Money Did DOL Recover for Plans, Participants in 2019?
The Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) released its enforcement and benefit advisor program results for…
The Move Toward MEPs
On Aug. 31, 2018, President Donald Trump signed a well-publicized executive order about strengthening retirement security in America,…
How to Navigate the Missing 401k Participant Playbook
Plan sponsors are increasingly challenged by the problem of missing participants, and the difficulties they face in performing…
DOL Releases Proposed Retirement Plan Electronic Disclosure Rule
The U.S. Department of Labor announced a proposed rule on October 22, 2019 to allow retirement plan disclosures…
Help Form the Open MEPs Rule: IRS Seeking Input for Dec. 11 Hearing
If you have something to say about the IRS proposed rule on Multiple Employer Plans, speak soon or…
‘Big Paper’ Fights DOL 401k Electronic Delivery Reg
Michael Scott would be proud. The paper industry is asking the Trump Administration to reject the Dept of Labor’s…
401k MEP Rule Takes Effect
The Department of Labor’s MEP rule—which makes it easier for small businesses to offer DC plans to their…
Eugene Scalia Confirmed as Next Labor Secretary
By a vote of 53-44, the U.S. Senate confirmed Eugene Scalia as the next labor secretary, filling a…