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- DOL Proposes Seven-Business-Day Safe Harbor for Depositing Participant Contributions and Loan Repayments in Small Plans
- From the March 06, 2008 EBIA Weekly
- The DOL has proposed an amendment to its regulation that determines when participant contributions (including elective deferrals under a 401(k) plan) become plan assets. For ERISA plans subject to the trust requirement, this rule determines when those contributions must ...
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- ERISA Preempts State Law Requiring Employers to Obtain Employees' Written Consent Before Withholding for Health Plan Benefits
- From the February 21, 2008 EBIA Weekly
- In this advisory opinion, the DOL addressed whether ERISA preempts (that is, supersedes) a state law requiring employers to obtain written consent before withholding amounts from an employee’s wages for contributions to an ERISA-covered group health or ...
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- DOL Releases Guidance on Fiduciary Responsibilities Under ERISA to Monitor and Collect Delinquent Contributions
- From the February 07, 2008 EBIA Weekly
- The DOL’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) has released Field Assistance Bulletin (FAB) 2008-01, which addresses the responsibilities of trustees and other plan fiduciaries to monitor and collect delinquent employer and employee contributions owed to ERISA pension ...
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- DOL Proposes Regulation on Service Provider Disclosures for 401(k) and Health & Welfare Plans
- From the December 20, 2007 EBIA Weekly
- ERISA Section 408(b)(2) exempts certain “reasonable” arrangements between plans and service providers that would otherwise be treated as prohibited transactions. In this significant new development, the DOL has issued a proposed regulation that would require enhanced ...
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- DOL Announces Availability of 2007 Form M-1, Including Health Care Self-Compliance Tool; Both Virtually Unchanged From 2006
- From the December 20, 2007 EBIA Weekly
- The Employee Benefits Security Administration of the Department of Labor (DOL) has issued the 2007 MEWA/ECE Form M-1 and Instructions. The Form M-1 is the annual report that most multiple employer welfare arrangements (MEWAs) that provide health ...
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- DOL Issues Proposed Regulation That Would Ensure Disclosure of Plan Provider Fees and Potential Conflicts
- From the December 13, 2007 EBIA Weekly
- The DOL has issued a proposed regulation under ERISA Section 408 that, upon adoption, would enhance service provider disclosures to fiduciaries of 401(k) and other employee benefit plans (including health and welfare plans). Among other things, ERISA Section 408 ...
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- Electronic Filing of Form 5500 Again Postponed, Plus Changes to Form, Schedules, Instructions, and Regulations Finalized
- From the November 21, 2007 EBIA Weekly
- The DOL, IRS, and PBGC have jointly issued final Form 5500 regulations and have adopted final revisions to the Form 5500 that will be applicable for 2009 and later plan year filings (although some of the form revisions apply on ...
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- IRS Issues Guide to Help Find, Fix, and Avoid 401(k) Plan Mistakes
- From the November 01, 2007 EBIA Weekly
- The IRS has recently posted a 43-page “401(k) Plan Potential Mistakes” guide on its website. The guide is intended to help find, fix, and avoid common 401(k) plan compliance errors. It includes a table that ...
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- Advance Form 5500 Released for Reporting on 2007 Plan Year
- From the October 18, 2007 EBIA Weekly
- The DOL, IRS, and Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation have released advance copies of the Form 5500, Schedules, and Instructions to be used by employee benefits plans reporting on 2007 plan years (generally, those are plan years beginning during 2007 for ...
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- CMS Informally Answers Questions About Medicare Part D Disclosure Notices
- From the September 13, 2007 EBIA Weekly
- The Joint Committee of Employee Benefits (JCEB) of the American Bar Association has reported on the May 2007 Q&A session between JCEB representatives and CMS officials. Highlights include the following informal, nonbinding comments about Medicare Part D disclosure ...
