DOL Final Regulation - Annual Reporting and Disclosure (Nov 16, 2007) DOL Final Regulation - Default Investment Alternatives Under Participant-Directed Individual Account Plans (Oct 24, 2007) DOL Final Regulation - Amendment to Interpretive Bulletin 95-1 (Sep 12, 2007) DOL Final Regulation - Amendments to Civil Penalties Under ERISA Section 502(c)(7) (Aug 10, 2007) DOL Final Regulation - Time and Order of Issuance of Domestic Relations Orders (DROs) (Mar 7, 2007) DOL Final Regulation - Amendments to Safe Harbor for Distributions From Terminated Individual Account Plans and Termination of Abandoned Individual Account Plans To Require Inherited Individual Retirement Plans for Missing Nonspouse Beneficiaries (Feb 15, 2007) DOL Final Regulation - Statutory Exemption for Cross-Trading of Securities (Feb 12, 2007) DOL Final Regulation - Electronic Filing of Annual Reports (Jul 21, 2006)
This final rule, along with a notice of adoption of revisions, contains revisions to the Form 5500 Annual Return/Report for plan year 2009, including a deferral for one year of the move to the wholly electronic filing system.
LINKS: [HTML] [PDF] [News Release] [Fact Sheet] DOL Notice [HTML] DOL Notice [PDF]
This regulation implements PPA provisions providing relief to plan fiduciaries who invest the assets of participants who do not provide investment direction (such as automatically enrolled workers) in "qualified default investment alternatives" or QDIAs. The QDIAs described in the rule will encourage the investment of employee assets in investment vehicles appropriate for long-term retirement savings.
LINKS: [HTML] [PDF] [News Release] [Fact Sheet]
This interim final rule amends Interpretative Bulletin 95-1 to limit the application of the bulletin to the selection of annuity providers for benefit distributions from defined benefit plans. This amendment will affect plan sponsors and fiduciaries of individual account plans, and the participants and beneficiaries covered by such plans.
LINKS: [HTML] [PDF] [News Release]
This is a direct final rule amending the civil penalty regulation to authorize the Secretary of Labor to assess civil penalties not to exceed $100 per day for each violation of section 101(m) of ERISA, which requires plan administrators of individual account plans to notify participants and beneficiaries of their right to sell the company stock in their accounts and reinvest the proceeds into other investments available under the plan. The notice must also inform the recipients of the importance of diversifying the investments in their accounts.
LINKS: [HTML] [PDF] [News Release]
This is an interim final rule that provides guidance to plan administrators, service providers, participants, and alternate payees on the qualified domestic relations order (QDRO) requirements under ERISA.
LINKS: [HTML] [PDF] [News Release]
This is an interim final rule amending regulations under ERISA that provide guidance and a fiduciary safe harbor for the distribution of benefits on behalf of participants or beneficiaries in terminated and abandoned individual account plans.
LINKS: [HTML] [PDF] [News Release]
This is an interim final rule regarding the new statutory exemption on cross-trading in the Pension Protection Act (PPA).
LINKS: [HTML] [PDF] [News Release]
This is a final rule establishing an electronic filing requirement for certain annual reports required to be filed with the Department of Labor by plan administrators and other entities.
LINKS: [HTML] [PDF] [News Release]
Monday, January 1, 2007
DOL Final Regulations – 2007 Index
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment