by Matthew Eickman | Mar 3, 2021 | Blog
Another Fiduciary Rule? How This One Impacts Participants and Trustees Over the last three months, we’ve experienced two additional noteworthy developments in the Department of Labor’s long-running, stop-and-start efforts to modernize the protections...
by Matthew Eickman | Feb 4, 2021 | Blog
What to Do with the DOL’s Missing Participant Guidance? Many of us are old enough to remember when the Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) top three initiatives seemed to be timeliness of contributions, timeliness of contributions, and, well, timeliness of...
by Matthew Eickman | Jan 7, 2021 | Blog, COVID-19, Retirement
Congress Provides Additional Retirement Plan ReliefThe late-December COVID-19 relief bill (the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 or the “Appropriations Act”) included various retirement plan-related provisions among its 5,500+ pages. A closer look at...
by Matthew Eickman | Dec 10, 2020 | Blog, Retirement
When the IRS announced various 2021 retirement plan limits in October, we knew a few limits would change for next year. However, as we get closer to January, it’s important to ensure payroll departments and provides are prepared to apply the following: . – The...
by Matthew Eickman | Dec 8, 2020 | Blog, COVID-19, Retirement
Creating a Post-COVID-19 Gameplan for Your Retirement Plan We were a little hesitant to use the term “Post-COVID-19” in the title of this month’s newsletter. It’s not in our past. We’re still in the midst of the pandemic and many data...