Category: DOL

Things I Worry About (27): Pooled Employer Plans and DOL RFI (8)

Key Takeaways The DOL has issued guidance about PEPs—pooled employer plans—that includes questions designed to assist the DOL in developing future guidance about PEPs. Some of those questions suggest that the DOL is concerned about conflicts of interest in the organization and management of PEPs. This article continues a discussion

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Things I Worry About (26): Pooled Employer Plans and DOL RFI (7)

Key Takeaways The DOL has issued guidance about PEPs—pooled employer plans—that includes questions designed to assist the DOL in developing future guidance about PEPs. Some of those questions suggest a possible fiduciary safe harbor for small employers who adopt PEPs. This article continues a discussion of the questions asked by

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Things I Worry About (25): Pooled Employer Plans and DOL RFI (6)

Key Takeaways The DOL has issued guidance about PEPs—pooled employer plans—that includes questions designed to assist the DOL in developing future guidance about PEPs. Some of those questions suggest a possible fiduciary safe harbor for small employers who adopt PEPs. This article begins a discussion of the questions asked by

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Things I Worry About (24): Pooled Employer Plans and DOL RFI (5)

Key Takeaways The DOL has issued guidance about PEPs—pooled employer plans—that provides tips for adopting employers and questions about PEPs and that suggests a possible fiduciary safe harbor for small employers who adopt PEPs. This article continues a discussion of the questions that the DOL says that employers should ask

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Things I Worry About (23): Pooled Employer Plans and DOL RFI (4)

Key Takeaways The DOL has issued guidance about PEPs—pooled employer plans—that provides tips for adopting employers and questions about PEPs and that suggests a possible fiduciary safe harbor for small employers who adopt PEPs. This article continues a discussion of the questions that the DOL says that employers should ask

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Things I Worry About (22): Pooled Employer Plans and DOL RFI (3)

Key Takeaways The DOL has issued guidance about PEPs—pooled employer plans—that provides tips for adopting employers and questions about PEPs and a possible fiduciary safe harbor for small employers who adopt PEPs. This article begins a discussion of the questions that the DOL says that employers should ask when considering

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Things I Worry About (21): Pooled Employer Plans and DOL RFI (2)

Key Takeaways The DOL has issued guidance about PEPs—pooled employer plans—that provides tips for adopting employers and questions about PEPs and a possible fiduciary safe harbor for small employers who adopt PEPs. In addition, the preamble to the guidance includes some interesting information about the development of PEPs. That information

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Things I Worry About (20): Pooled Employer Plans and DOL RFI (1)

Key Takeaways The DOL has issued guidance about PEPs—pooled employer plans—that provides tips for adopting employers and questions about PEPs and a possible fiduciary safe harbor for small employers who adopt PEPs. In addition, the preamble to the guidance includes some interesting information about the development of PEPs. This series

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Things I Worry About (11): DOL Cryptocurrency Guidance Withdrawn

Key Takeaways The Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) issued Compliance Assistance Release (CAR) 2022-01 that caused concerns among plan sponsors and fiduciaries about the use of cryptocurrencies in participant directed plans. On May 28 of this year, the DOL’s EBSA rescinded that CAR. That should have the

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