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Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA)
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The Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) is a division of the U.S. Department of Labor responsible for protecting the integrity of private-sector employee benefit plans. It oversees retirement, health, and other welfare benefit plans under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). EBSA enforces compliance, provides guidance, and ensures workers, retirees, and their families receive the benefits they’ve earned.
New Labor Secretary Confirmed; Fiduciary, ESG in Focus
Former Boston Mayor Marty Walsh was confirmed on a bipartisan basis Monday by the Senate as the 29th Secretary…
Biden’s DOL Scraps Trump Era ESG Rule
The Department of Labor’s Employment Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) announced Wednesday that it will not enforce recently published…
4 Best Practices for Dealing with Missing 401(k) Participants
On the heels of last week’s long-awaited guidance about missing participants, released by the Department of Labor, the…
DOL Issues Missing Retirement Plan Participant Guidance
The Department of Labor issued long-awaited guidance on missing retirement plan participants Tuesday evening.
Department of Labor Announces 401(k) PEP Registration Requirements
The Department of Labor today announced a final rule establishing registration requirements for pooled plan providers. The rule implements…
Episode 11—Former EBSA Head Preston Rutledge on ESG, Missing Participants, Fiduciary and More
The former Assistant Secretary of the Department of Labor and current founder of Rutledge Policy Group, a new…
Dems Say DOL Proxy Voting Proposal Hurts Retirement Savers
The Department of Labor has again drawn the wrath of Democratic lawmakers, who on Friday submitted a comment…
EBSA Head Defends Agency Amid Recent Regulatory Controversies
Jeanne Klinefelter Wilson, acting assistant secretary for the Employee Benefits Securities Administration at the Department of Labor took…
DOL Sets Sept. 3 Hearing for Controversial Fiduciary Rule Proposal
After rejecting earlier calls for a hearing on its controversial fiduciary rule proposal from Democratic lawmakers as well…
DOL Announces Estimated Income Rule for Retirement Plan Participants
Workers receive an ongoing lifetime income estimation from Social Security, and now they will from employer-sponsored plans as…