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- DOL Finalizes Changes to VFC Program With Further Expansion of Transactions That Can Be Corrected
- From the April 20, 2006 EBIA Weekly
- This notice finalizes revisions made to the DOL’s Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program (VFC Program) in April 2005 with some additional changes. Under the VFC Program, persons potentially liable for fiduciary breaches can voluntarily apply to the DOL and ...
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- DOL Expands Prohibited Transaction Exemption for Interest-Free Loans to Employee Benefit Plans
- From the April 13, 2006 EBIA Weekly
- Prohibited Transaction Exemption (PTE) 80-26 permits certain interest-free loans to an employee benefit plan from a party in interest (e.g., an employer sponsoring the plan) in instances where the plan faces a temporary cash shortage. (The prohibited ...
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- PEO Options to Purchase Clients Must Have Substantial Business Purpose to Avoid MEWA Status
- From the April 06, 2006 EBIA Weekly
- A multiple employer welfare arrangement (MEWA) provides welfare benefits to the employees of two or more employers and, unlike a single employer ERISA plan, is subject to state insurance laws. However, a welfare plan will be considered a single employer ...
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- New Mailing Addresses for Delinquent Filer Voluntary Compliance Program
- From the March 23, 2006 EBIA Weekly
- The Delinquent Filer Voluntary Compliance (DFVC) Program is an important voluntary correction program for plan administrators that have failed to file Form 5500s or have filed them late. Under the DFVC, the penalties that would otherwise apply for unfiled or ...
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- ERISA Does Not Prohibit Transfer of Assets From Terminated MEWA to VEBA of Sucessor Organization
- From the March 09, 2006 EBIA Weekly
- This DOL Advisory Opinion addresses the transfer of assets from the trust of a terminated multiple employer welfare arrangement (MEWA) to a voluntary employee beneficiary association (VEBA) established by a successor organization. The trust had been established by a trade ...
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- DOL Releases Fiscal Year 2005 Employee Benefit Plan Enforcement Statistics
- From the February 02, 2006 EBIA Weekly
- The DOL’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) has released its fiscal year (FY) 2005 enforcement statistics. EBSA is the agency within the DOL that enforces Title I of ERISA and “is responsible for ensuring the integrity of ...
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- Employers Participating in MEWA Are Bona Fide Group or Association and Therefore MEWA Is a Single ERISA Plan
- From the January 26, 2006 EBIA Weekly
- These DOL advisory opinions address an important issue for multiple employer welfare arrangements (MEWAs): whether ERISA applies at the MEWA level (so that one ERISA plan exists) or at the employer level (so that each employer participating in the MEWA ...
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- Not Just for MEWAs: DOL 2005 Form M-1 Instructions Include Revised ERISA Compliance Checklists, New Examples, and Tips
- From the December 22, 2005 EBIA Weekly
- The DOL’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) has issued the Year 2005 Form M-1 and accompanying Instructions, which include revised self-compliance checklists that are useful for all group health plans, not just Form M-1 filers. ...
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- DOL Establishes Website to Help Hurricane Victims Locate Employee Benefit Plan Sponsors
- From the October 20, 2005 EBIA Weekly
- The DOL has established a website that will provide updated contact information for employee benefit plan sponsors whose operations have been disrupted by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. According to a DOL press release, participants and their families can use the ...
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- Additional Extension of Time Frames Under COBRA, HIPAA, and ERISA Claims Procedures for Katrina Victims
- From the October 13, 2005 EBIA Weekly
- Last month, the DOL and IRS announced relief for victims of Hurricane Katrina in the form of an extension of certain time frames that would otherwise apply under the COBRA and HIPAA portability provisions of ERISA and the Code, and ...
