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Things I Worry About (8): DOL Investigations and Unsuspecting Plan Sponsors (2)

Key Takeaways The Employee Benefit Security Administration (EBSA) of the US Department of Labor (DOL) recently released its Fact Sheet: EBSA Restores Nearly $1.4 Billion to Employee Benefit Plans, Participants, and Beneficiaries: ebsa-monetary-recoveries.pdf One of the targets of their investigation is “missing participants”. The DOL refers to that program as

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Things I Worry About (7): DOL Investigations and Unsuspecting Plan Sponsors

Key Takeaways The Employee Benefit Security Administration (EBSA) of the US Department of Labor (DOL) recently released its Fact Sheet: EBSA Restores Nearly $1.4 Billion to Employee Benefit Plans, Participants, and Beneficiaries: ebsa-monetary-recoveries.pdf The Fact Sheet describes the different EBSA programs that can recover money for participants, and the numbers

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ERISA Moments Ep. 30: DOL Investigations: Priorities for 2025

Take a quick dive into the exciting world of ERISA with Faegre Drinker benefits and executive compensation attorneys Fred Reish and Brad Campbell. In this quick-hit series of updates, Fred and Brad offer a high-level view of current trends and recent ERISA developments. See the newest episode, DOL Investigations: Priorities

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Things I Worry About (6): Automatic Enrollment (5) and PEPs

Key Takeaways The SECURE Act 2.0 required that “new” 401(k) and private sector 403(b) plans automatically enroll their eligible employees, but not until plan years beginning after December 31, 2024…just days ago. “New” plans include most that were established on or after the enactment date of SECURE 2.0—December 29, 2022.

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The 401(k) Christmas Song

As some of you all know, I have asked ChatGPT to write lyrics for retirement songs…because I co-host a podcast on retiring. However, this time I asked it to write a Christmas carol, and it did. Enjoy! Also, regardless of what holy day you honor, or if you don’t honor

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