81 FR 47534 — Proposed Revision of Annual Information Return/Reports ERISAProposed Rules (FR)Proposed Jul 21, 2016
…bility for Immediate Gain Methods.
Complete this line only if you use an immediate gain method (see Rev. Rul. 81-213, 1981-2 C.B. 101, for a definition of immediate gain method).
Lines 1c(2)(a), (b), and (c). Information for Plans Using Spread Gain Methods.
Complete these lines only if you use a spread gain method (see…
90 FR 28004 — Removal of Interpretive Bulletins Relating to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ERISAFinal Rules (FR)Jul 1, 2025related by meaning
977) (“The attention of interested parties is directed to the fact that regulation 2550.408c-2 replaces Interpretive Bulletin 75-6”).
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41 FR 3289 (Jan. 22, 1976).
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43 FR 47713 (Oct. 17, 1978). Congress subsequently ratified Reorganization Plan No. 4 in 1984. See Sec. 1, Public La…
81 FR 43430 — Department of Labor Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Catch-Up Adjustments ERISAFinal Rules (FR)Jul 1, 2016
… citation for a serious violation of the requirements of section 5 of the OSH Act, of any standard, rule, or order promulgated under section 6 of the OSH Act, or applicable regulations may be assessed a civil penalty up to $7,000 for each violation. After applying the inflation adjustment factor, the penalty amounts we…
81 FR 21208 — Amendments to Class Exemptions 75-1, 77-4, 80-83 and 83-1 ERISAFinal Rules (FR)Apr 8, 2016related by meaning
… ERISA section 408(b)(2) and Code section 4975(d)(2) provide relief from the prohibited transaction rules for service contracts or arrangements if the contract or arrangement is reasonable, the services are necessary for the establishment or operation of the plan or IRA, and no more than reasonable compensation is paid…
91 FR 4348 — Improving Transparency Into Pharmacy Benefit Manager Fee Disclosure ERISAProposed Rules (FR)Proposed Jan 30, 2026
…ng on prescription drugs has remained relatively stable over time (increasing from seven percent in 1970 to nine percent in 2022). However, an increasing share of these costs appears to have shifted from individuals directly
( printed page 4375)
to insurance. According to the National Health Expenditure Accounts (NHEA)…
85 FR 40589 — Conflict of Interest Rule-Retirement Investment Advice: Notice of Court Vacatur ERISAFinal Rules (FR)Jul 7, 2020related by meaning
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RIN 1210-AB96
AGENCY:
Employee Benefits Security Administration, Department of Labor
ACTION:
Final rule; technical amendment.
SUMMARY:
This document implements the vacatur of the Department's 2016 final rule defining who is a “fiduciary” under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. This document also ref…
90 FR 4192 — Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program ERISAFinal Rules (FR)Jan 15, 2025
… Notice 2023-43, once a plan or plan sponsor comes under examination (as defined in section 5.08 of Rev. Proc. 2021-30), an Eligible Inadvertent Participant Loan Failure is no longer eligible for self-correction under the IRS's EPCRS unless the plan sponsor has, before the plan or plan sponsor comes under examination, …
75 FR 53172 — Prohibited Transaction Exemption Procedures; Employee Benefit Plans ERISAProposed Rules (FR)Proposed Aug 30, 2010★ strong match
… issued an exemption procedure on April 28, 1975 (ERISA Procedure 75-1, 40 FR 18471, also issued as Rev. Proc. 75-26, 1975-1 C.B. 722). Under this procedure, a person seeking an exemption under both section 408(a) of ERISA and section 4975 of the Code was obliged to file an exemption application with both the Internal …
81 FR 21181 — Amendment to and Partial Revocation of Prohibited Transaction Exemption (PTE) 86-128 for Securities Transactions Involving Employee Benefit Plans and Broker-De… ERISAFinal Rules (FR)Apr 8, 2016related by meaning
… ERISA section 408(b)(2) and Code section 4975(d)(2) provide relief from the prohibited transaction rules for service contracts or arrangements if the contract or arrangement is reasonable, the services are necessary for the establishment or operation of the plan or IRA, and no more than reasonable compensation is paid…
89 FR 32122 — Retirement Security Rule: Definition of an Investment Advice Fiduciary ERISAFinal Rules (FR)Apr 25, 2024
… Little, Jr., & Larry Thrailkill,
Fiduciaries Under ERISA: A Narrow Path to Tread, 30 Vanderbilt L. Rev. 1, 4-5 (1977) (referring to the “broadness of the [statutory] definition” of “fiduciary” under ERISA, such that the definition could cover “insurance salesmen who recommend the purchase of certain types of insurance…
ERISAFinal Rules (FR)May 17, 2024
…CA would be tax-deferred, similar to the treatment of fully paid individual annuity contracts under Rev. Rul. 2011-7, until amounts are actually paid to the participant or beneficiary. Contemporaneous with the publication of Rev. Rul. 2020-23, the IRS published Notice 2020-80, 2020-47 IRB 1060
requesting comments on th…
89 FR 4662 — Procedures Governing the Filing and Processing of Prohibited Transaction Exemption Applications ERISAFinal Rules (FR)Jan 24, 2024★ strong match
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA);
(2) Section 4975(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the Code); or
Note 1 to paragraph (a)(2). See H.R. Rep. No. 1280, 93d Cong., 2d Sess. 310 (1974), and also section 102 of Presidential Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1978 (3 CFR, 1978 Comp., p. 332, reprinted in 5…
90 FR 3667 — Prohibited Transaction Exemption (PTE) 2002-51 To Permit Certain Transactions Identified in the Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program ERISAFinal Rules (FR)Jan 15, 2025★ strong match
…riations Act, 2023, Public Law 117 328, 136 Stat. 4459 (2022).
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7.
As described in Rev. Proc. 2021-30, or any successor guidance).
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The term pension plans include both defined contribution plans and defined benefit plans.
See
ERISA section 3(34) and 3(35).
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As no…
87 FR 73822 — Prudence and Loyalty in Selecting Plan Investments and Exercising Shareholder Rights ERISAFinal Rules (FR)Dec 1, 2022
…organization (“quitting”) or by actors expressing dissatisfaction to management (“voicing”).[231]
A review of theoretical and empirical research by Palladino (2021) finds that when employees have access to voice mechanisms, such as union representation, firms are likely to experience fewer employee “exits.” [232]
For e…
80 FR 22021 — Proposed Amendment to and Proposed Partial Revocation of Prohibited Transaction Exemption (PTE) 86-128 for Securities Transactions Involving Employee Benefit P… ERISAProposed Rules (FR)Proposed Apr 20, 2015related by meaning
…sed information collection request (ICR) included in the Proposed Amendment to and Proposed Partial Revocation of Prohibited Transaction Exemption (PTE) 86-128 for Securities Transactions Involving Employee Benefit Plans and Broker-Dealers; Proposed Amendment to and Partial Revocation of PTE 75-1, Exemptions From Prohi…
81 FR 20946 — Definition of the Term “Fiduciary”; Conflict of Interest Rule-Retirement Investment Advice ERISAFinal Rules (FR)Apr 8, 2016related by meaning
…-1, Parts II-V; PTE 77-4; PTE 80-83; PTE 83-1: PTE 84-24; and PTE 86-128.
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The revoked exemptions include PTE 75-1, Parts I(b) and (c); PTE 75-1, Part II(2); and parts of PTE 84-2 and PTE 86-128.
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ERISACourt RulingsAug 10, 2026
…imply
memorialize[d] Fidelity’s obligations to provide certain services to Altria.” J . A. 1163. In reviewing this issue, “[a] s always, we begin with the text” of the statute. Sw.
Airlines Co. v. Saxon , 596 U.S. 450, 457 (2022). The key language from the statute is
“under which the plan is established or operated.” 2…
ERISACourt RulingsAug 10, 2026
…imply
memorialize[d] Fidelity’s obligations to provide certain services to Altria.” J . A. 1163. In reviewing this issue, “[a] s always, we begin with the text” of the statute. Sw.
Airlines Co. v. Saxon , 596 U.S. 450, 457 (2022). The key language from the statute is
“under which the plan is established or operated.” 2…
82 FR 5373 — Department of Labor Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Annual Adjustments for 2017 ERISAFinal Rules (FR)Jan 18, 2017
…y and Health Administration (OSHA) to enforce provisions of the Occupational Safety & Health Act of 1970 (OSH Act), as amended, including conforming edits to the agency's State Plan regulations. The Department increased these civil monetary penalties pursuant to the “catch-up” adjustment formula as specified in the Inf…
84 FR 37508 — Definition of “Employer” Under Section 3(5) of ERISA-Association Retirement Plans and Other Multiple-Employer Plans ERISAFinal Rules (FR)Jul 31, 2019
…titutions, make available for adoption by employers and that have been pre-approved by the IRS. See Rev. Proc. 2017-41, 2017-29 IRB 92. A plan that uses a Pre-Approved Plan document may either be a single-employer plan or a MEP. With respect to single-employer Pre-Approved Plans, providers often offer centralized admin…