Jordan Schreier on Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)

DOL Final Regulations on ESG Investing: “It’s All ‘Bout the Money”

Whether it is appropriate for institutional investment decision-makers to take into account environmental, social, or governance (“ESG”) factors or invest to promote ESG objectives, has become a divisive political issue and a...more

12/20/2022 / Department of Labor (DOL) , Employee Benefits , Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) , Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) , Fiduciary Duty , Retirement Plan

Pay Attention to Requests for ERISA Plan Documents or Risk the Con$equence$

Every so often an employer sponsoring an ERISA employee benefit plan will receive a written request from a participant or beneficiary (or their legal counsel) to provide plan related documents....more

10/21/2019 / Benefit Plan Sponsors , Employee Benefits , Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) , Employer Liability Issues , Plan Documents

Another Multiemployer Pension Fund Cautionary Tale: Employer Does Not Owe Withdrawal Liability, But May Still Owe An "Exit Fee"

Employers that completely or partially withdraw from underfunded multiemployer pension funds are well aware that they may owe the fund withdrawal liability—an assessment against the employer of its allocable share of the...more

7/15/2019 / Employee Benefits , Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) , Multi-Employer Pensions , Pensions

A Written Fee Policy Can Help Employers Answer the Question: Who Pays for Your 401(k) or 403(b) Plan’s Administrative Costs and...

Most employers are familiar by now of the many lawsuits (more than 100) filed against 401(k) and 403(b) plan sponsors and their employee fiduciaries responsible for selecting the plans’ record keepers and investment line-ups,...more

3/25/2019 / 401k , 403(b) Plans , Employee Benefits , Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) , Fiduciary Duty , Retirement Plan

It’s Official - Implementation of Final Rule on Disability Claims Procedures Formally Delayed

On November 24, 2017, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) Employee Benefits Security Administration (“EBSA”) formally delayed the applicability date of previously issued final regulations imposing new claims procedures to...more

12/5/2017 / Department of Labor (DOL) , Disability Access Claims , Disability Benefits , EBSA , Employee Benefits , Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) , Final Rules

The Department of Labor Confirms June 9th as the Effective Date of the Fiduciary Rule: What Employers Need to Know Now

On May 22, 2017, Secretary of Labor Jim Acosta announced that, after having been delayed 60 days, the Department of Labor’s (“DOL”) Conflict of Interest Rule (“Fiduciary Rule”) will largely apply on June 9, 2017. At that...more

6/2/2017 / Best Interest Contract Exemptions , Conflicts of Interest , Department of Labor (DOL) , Employee Benefits , Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) , Fiduciary Duty , Fiduciary Rule , Investment Adviser , Retirement Plan , Trump Administration

U.S. Supreme Court Decision on ERISA Fiduciary Duty Statute of Limitations Case Provides Broad Principle But Little Practical...

Last week the U.S. Supreme Court issued its opinion in Tibble v. Edison International, a highly anticipated case involving whether ERISA’s six year statute of limitations for breach of fiduciary duty claims prevented a claim...more

5/28/2015 / Breach of Duty , Duty of Prudence , Duty to Monitor , Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) , Fiduciary Duty , Investment Adviser , SCOTUS , Statute of Limitations , Tibble v Edison Int

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