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- DOL Launches Website of Form 5500 and Other Enforcement Data
- From the April 15, 2010 EBIA Weekly
- The DOL has launched a website containing searchable enforcement data gathered from several agencies, including the Employee Benefit Security Administration (EBSA). The data can be searched by agency and up to five states at a time (each search can also ...
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- DOL Webpage on Health Care Reform Provides Useful Links and Resources for Employees and Employers
- From the April 08, 2010 EBIA Weekly
- The DOL has created a new webpage that contains links to a variety of resources relating to the major health care reform legislation—the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA)—that became law in March 2010 (see ...
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- Health Care Reform Reconciliation Bill Is Signed Into Law
- From the April 01, 2010 EBIA Weekly
- On March 30, 2010, the President signed into law the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act (Reconciliation Act), which makes significant changes to some of the health care reform provisions under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) (see ...
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- New EFAST2 FAQs Address Email Notification for Electronic Credentials; Midnight Filing Deadline
- From the March 25, 2010 EBIA Weekly
- The DOL has added three new questions to its FAQs on EFAST2, the all-electronic filing system required for 2009 plan year filings (due in 2010 for most plans). (For information about other topics addressed in previous EFAST2 FAQs, see ...
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- Health Care Reform Is Signed Into Law, Bringing Major Changes for Employer-Provided Health Coverage
- From the March 25, 2010 EBIA Weekly
- Historic health care reform legislation was signed into law by President Obama on March 23, 2010. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) brings far-reaching changes for employer-provided health coverage. (As we write this article, Congress is ...
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- DOL Releases Statistics on ERISA Benefit Plan Enforcement, Including COBRA Subsidy Statistics, for Fiscal Year 2009
- From the March 04, 2010 EBIA Weekly
- The DOL’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), the agency that enforces Title I of ERISA, has released a Fact Sheet reflecting its fiscal year (FY) 2009 enforcement statistics. According to the Fact Sheet, the DOL’s total ...
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- DOL Posts Six EFAST2 User Guides Providing Assistance for Form 5500 Electronic Filers
- From the February 11, 2010 EBIA Weekly
- DOL has posted on its website six EFAST2 user guides to assist with electronically filing Form 5500 for 2009 and later plan years. Final DOL regulations, originally issued in 2007, require all Form 5500s for plan years beginning on or ...
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- DOL Issues Two FAQs on How Pharmacy Benefit Manager Compensation Is Reported for Form 5500 Schedule C Purposes
- From the February 04, 2010 EBIA Weekly
- The DOL has expanded its FAQs about Form 5500 Schedule C disclosures by adding two new questions addressing how pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) that provide services to ERISA plans are to report direct and indirect compensation for purposes of Schedule ...
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- DOL to Propose Expansion of Fiduciary Regulation to Cover Pension Consultants and Other Investment-Related Advisors
- From the January 14, 2010 EBIA Weekly
- The DOL has announced its intent to revise the regulation that determines when a plan investment advisor is considered a plan fiduciary and becomes subject to ERISA’s fiduciary duty rules. Currently, advisors who give investment-related advice but ...
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- DOL Finalizes Seven-Business-Day Safe Harbor for Depositing Participant Contributions and Loan Repayments in Small Plans
- From the January 14, 2010 EBIA Weekly
- The DOL has finalized its seven-business-day safe harbor rule for determining when participant contributions (including elective deferrals under a 401(k) plan) become plan assets. Generally, participant contributions to ERISA plans become plan assets as soon as they ...
