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The DOL Lost and Found Database is Live

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Late last year, the Department of Labor (DOL) launched the public Retirement Savings Lost and Found Database. Created as part of SECURE 2.0, the DOL hopes that the database will serve as a centralized location to help missing...more

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

As explained in my last post, Things I Worry About (7), the DOL’s EBSA has a number of programs that can restore benefits to plans and participants. Those include: - Civil investigations. - Criminal investigations. -...more

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

When it comes to former participants, plan sponsors don’t really know what they’re talking about

About 75% of large 401(k) plan sponsors would rather keep the assets of retired employees in the plan, rather than have these retirees roll over their plan assets into an individual retirement account (IRA), according to a...more

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

Create a missing participant process

It’s more work, but it’s clear that the Department of Labor (DOL) wants you to do more work when dealing with former participants who you lose track of, but still have money in your 401(k) plan....more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Forced Rollovers of Small Retirement Account Balances: What to Do with Missing Participants

When a participant experiences a distribution event (e.g., terminating service with the employer), and when the participant does not affirmatively elect to take the distribution, a plan document may require that an account...more

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PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion - Missing Plan Participants

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On this episode of Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion, host Brydon DeWitt is joined once again by Beryl Ball, Principal Financial Advisor at CAPTRUST, who explains the Department of Labor’s recent guidance for plan sponsors...more

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

Advisors Advantage - March 2021

Bad Behavior You Shouldn’t Replicate As A Plan Provider. I like to treat people the way I wanted to be treated. It usually works out, but there are instances where the other side doesn’t follow the path I’ve taken. As a...more

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

The Rosenbaum Law Firm Review - December 2019

How You Should Deal With Missing Plan Participants. What you need to do. Being a 401(k) plan sponsor isn't easy. Half the battle is identifying your responsibilities as a plan fiduciary. The other half is identifying...more

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