Field Assistance Bulletin No. 2025-01, Missing Participants and Beneficiaries – Pension Plans’ Transfer of Small Retirement Benefit Payments to State Unclaimed Property Fund, announces a temporary enforcement policy applicable to small retirement benefit payments owed to missing participants or beneficiaries that a responsible plan fiduciary voluntarily decides to pay over to a state unclaimed property
On November 18, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration issued a notice requesting information from retirement plan administrators that will allow it to begin populating the Retirement Savings Lost and Found database, an online search tool to help America’s workers locate lost retirement savings they earned. Read More
In its continuing effort to protect U.S. workers’ retirement and health benefits, the U.S. Department of Labor updated current cybersecurity guidance confirming that it applies to all types of plans governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, including health and welfare plans, and all employee retirement benefit plans. Read More
The U.S. Department of Labor announced on April 15, 2024 that its Employee Benefits Security Administration is proposing to collect information from plan administrators on a voluntarily basis to establish an online search tool to help America’s workers locate lost retirement savings they earned. Read More