Request for Information Regarding the Fiduciary Rule and Prohibited Transaction Exemptions

by the Employee Benefits Security Administration on 07/06/2017.

The Employee Benefits Security Administration of the U.S. Department of Labor (the Department) is publishing this Request for Information in connection with its examination of the final rule defining who is a ``fiduciary'' of an employee benefit plan for purposes of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Internal Revenue...

Withdrawal of Notice of Proposed Exemption Involving the ABARTA, Inc. Pension Plan (the Plan) Located in Pittsburgh, PA

by the Employee Benefits Security Administration on 06/29/2017.

Definition of Employee Pension Benefit Plan Under ERISA

by the Employee Benefits Security Administration on 06/28/2017.

Under the Congressional Review Act, Congress has passed, and the President has signed resolutions of disapproval of Savings Arrangements Established by States for Non-Governmental Employees and Savings Arrangements Established by Qualified State Political Subdivisions for Non-Governmental Employees, as codified in the Code of Federal...

Exemptions From Certain Prohibited Transaction Restrictions

by the Employee Benefits Security Administration on 06/28/2017.

This document contains exemptions issued by the Department of Labor (the Department) from certain of the prohibited transaction restrictions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA or the Act) and/or the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the Code). This notice includes the following: 2017-01, Rosetree & Company 401(k) Plan and...

Proposed Exemptions From Certain Prohibited Transaction Restrictions

by the Employee Benefits Security Administration on 06/28/2017.

This document contains notices of pendency before the Department of Labor (the Department) of proposed exemptions from certain of the prohibited transaction restrictions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA or the Act) and/or the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the Code). This notice includes the following proposed...

Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans; Nominations for Vacancies

by the Employee Benefits Security Administration on 06/21/2017.

Proposed Revision of Information Collection Request Submitted for Public Comment; Draft Model Non-Quantitative Treatment Limitations Form

by the Employee Benefits Security Administration on 06/20/2017.

The Department of Labor (the Department), in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA 95), provides the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and continuing collections of information. This helps the Department assess the impact of its information collection requirements and minimize the...

Proposed Extension of Information Collection Requests Submitted for Public Comment

by the Employee Benefits Security Administration on 05/22/2017.

The Department of Labor (the Department), in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), provides the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and continuing collections of information. This helps the Department assess the impact of its information collection requirements and minimize the...

186th Meeting of the Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans; Notice of Meeting

by the Employee Benefits Security Administration on 05/18/2017.

Baxter International Inc. (Baxter); Located in Deerfield, IL

by the Employee Benefits Security Administration on 05/16/2017.

Agency Information Collection Activities; Announcement of OMB Approvals

by the Employee Benefits Security Administration on 05/15/2017.

The Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved certain collections of information, listed in the Supplementary Information below, following EBSA's submission of requests for such approvals under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This notice describes the information...

Proposed Exemption From Certain Prohibited Transaction Restrictions

by the Employee Benefits Security Administration on 05/01/2017.

This document contains notices of pendency before the Department of Labor (the Department) of proposed exemption from certain of the prohibited transaction restrictions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA or the Act) and/or the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the Code). This notice includes the following proposed...

Notice of Proposed Exemption Aon Pension Plan (the Plan) Located in Chicago, Illinois

by the Employee Benefits Security Administration on 04/14/2017.

This document contains a notice of pendency before the Department of Labor (the Department) of a proposed individual exemption from certain prohibited transaction restrictions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA or the Act) and/or the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the Code). This notice includes the following proposed...

Definition of the Term “Fiduciary”; Conflict of Interest Rule-Retirement Investment Advice; Best Interest Contract Exemption (Prohibited Transaction Exemption 2016-01); Class Exemption for Principal Transactions in Certain Assets Between Investment Advice Fiduciaries and Employee Benefit Plans and IRAs (Prohibited Transaction Exemption 2016-02); Prohibited Transaction Exemptions 75-1, 77-4, 80-83, 83-1, 84-24 and 86-128

by the Employee Benefits Security Administration on 04/07/2017.

This document extends for 60 days the applicability date of the final regulation, published on April 8, 2016, defining who is a ``fiduciary'' under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. It also extends for 60 days the applicability dates of the Best Interest Contract Exemption and the Class...

Definition of the Term “Fiduciary”; Conflict of Interest Rule-Retirement Investment Advice; Best Interest Contract Exemption (Prohibited Transaction Exemption 2016-01); Class Exemption for Principal Transactions in Certain Assets Between Investment Advice Fiduciaries and Employee Benefit Plans and IRAs (Prohibited Transaction Exemption 2016-02); Prohibited Transaction Exemptions 75-1, 77-4, 80-83, 83-1, 84-24 and 86-128

by the Employee Benefits Security Administration on 03/02/2017.

This document proposes to extend for 60 days the applicability date defining who is a ``fiduciary'' under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (Code), and the applicability date of related prohibited transaction exemptions including the Best Interest Contract Exemption and amended prohibited...

185th Meeting of the Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans; Notice of Meeting

by the Employee Benefits Security Administration on 02/10/2017.

Proposed Best Interest Contract Exemption for Insurance Intermediaries

by the Employee Benefits Security Administration on 01/19/2017.

This document contains a notice of pendency before the Department of Labor of a proposed class exemption from certain prohibited transaction restrictions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA), and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code). The provisions at issue generally prohibit fiduciaries...

Department of Labor Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Annual Adjustments for 2017

by the Employment and Training Administration, the Workers Compensation Programs Office, the Wage and Hour Division, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the Employee Benefits Security Administration, and the Mine Safety and Health Administration on 01/18/2017.

The U.S. Department of Labor (Department) is publishing this final rule to adjust for inflation the civil monetary penalties assessed or enforced in its regulations, pursuant to the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990 as amended by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 (Inflation...

Interpretive Bulletin Relating to the Exercise of Shareholder Rights and Written Statements of Investment Policy, Including Proxy Voting Policies or Guidelines

by the Employee Benefits Security Administration on 12/29/2016.

This document sets forth supplemental views of the Department of Labor (Department) concerning the legal standards imposed by sections 402, 403 and 404 of Part 4 of Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) with respect to voting of proxies on securities held in employee benefit plan investment portfolios, the...

Exemptions From Certain Prohibited Transaction Restrictions

by the Employee Benefits Security Administration on 12/22/2016.

This document contains exemptions issued by the Department of Labor (the Department) from certain of the prohibited transaction restrictions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA or the Act) and/or the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the Code). This notice includes the following: 2016-13, Deutsche Investment Management...