Tag: Department of Labor (DOL)

Lawyers representing Labor Secretary Hilda L. Solis have asked the 9th Circuit to overturn a three-judge panel's decision embracing the “presumption of prudence” standard often seen in employer...

C&K Market Inc. agreed to restore $3 million in cash plus interest and to sell property in order to make restitution for a series of imprudent loans made...

The morning after last week’s mid-term elections, a plan sponsor friend of mine called me up and asked me what I thought it all meant.

The SPARK Institute sent comments to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regarding the potential impact on retirement plan intermediaries due to the proposed rule regarding mutual...

The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) sued the owner of a defunct landscaping company for allegedly paying operating expenses using employee contributions to the company’s savings incentive match...

The former Assistant Secretary of the Department of Labor’s (DoL) Employee Benefit Security Administration (EBSA) said the fiduciary definition proposal by the DoL is addressing issues already addressed...

In a conference call with the media, Phyllis C. Borzi, Assistant Secretary of Labor at the Department of Labor, described the current fiduciary guidelines as being “arcane.”

For the first time in a generation, the Labor Department has taken another crack at the definition of a fiduciary under the Employee Retirement Income...

With a Friday filing deadline looming, a retirement services trade group has asked for more time for 403(b) sponsors to file the Form 5500.

The paper by ERISA attorney Jamey Delaplane is part of several additions to Principal’s Web site dedicated to fee disclosure education.   

A federal judge in Pennsylvania made a mistake when he threw out a 401(k) excessive fee case against Unisys Corporation and Fidelity Management Trust Company, the Department of...

An audit report claims the Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) could do more to protect retirement plan assets from conflicts of interest.

Even though the U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) has already turned down a similar request, The American Society of Pension Professionals & Actuaries (ASPPA) has also asked for...

The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) has charged that a Laguna Hills, California, firm diverted more than $920,000 in employee and employer contributions owed to the company’s 401(k)...

Regulatory changes and the recent economic downturn have led to changes in retirement plans sponsored by health care employers.

A strong theme in testimony from witnesses at this week’s hearing into providing lifetime income options in retirement plans was a warning of how much sponsors fear incurring...

Forty-five companies and interest groups representing the retirement industry testified before the Department of Labor (DoL) and the U.S. Treasury yesterday and today to discuss lifetime income...

A selection of the 44 comments received by the U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) about its pending fee-disclosure rule shows broad support for the rule’s intent, but continued...