The 3 top causes of DOL audits — and you can control just 2 of them
Few things strike fear in employers’ hearts like a DOL audit. After all, most of the feds’ investigations result in firms shelling out serious cash in fines or settlements or both.
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Learn MoreFew things strike fear in employers’ hearts like a DOL audit. After all, most of the feds’ investigations result in firms shelling out serious cash in fines or settlements or both.
The latest figures on the DOL’s 401k enforcement efforts give employers some compelling reasons to take a closer look at their retirement administration practices, as well as some clues on the types of issues that generally set the feds off.
Employers are well aware that the feds are aggressively looking into company-sponsored 401k plans for compliance issues. So it’s alarming to find out that the vast majority of plans the DOL looked at last year ran afoul of ERISA in some way.
When one now infamous CEO mentioned a few of his employees’ health conditions, it didn’t take long for the public outcry to come. Are people making too much of this CEO’s comments, or did he actually break the law?
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When you issue to employees the first retirement plan fee-disclosure statements (Aug. 30) that list each and every plan fee, you can bet they’ll have a barrage of questions, concerns and complaints.
A top-notch retirement plan is critical to attracting and retaining A-level talent. So how good is your plan?
Employees are clamoring for improvements to company-provided retirement plans — and here’s their wish list.
The differences between the employee retirement benefits offered by large companies and those offered by small and mid-size companies are shrinking rapidly.
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