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SECURE 2.0: Changes Affecting Defined Benefit Pension Plans

Enacted last December as part of omnibus appropriations legislation, the “Securing a Strong Retirement Act of 2022” (SECURE 2.0) includes a number of provisions that have an impact on retirement plan administration, effective...more

Cybersecurity: New DOL Guidance for Retirement Plans

As part of its efforts to protect an estimated $9.3 trillion in retirement plan assets from increasing “internal and external cybersecurity threats,” the Department of Labor (DOL) has issued its first guidance ever concerning...more

Final Regulations on Electronic Disclosures by ERISA Plans: How Plans May Reduce Costs Using the New DOL Safe Harbor

Employee benefit plans increasingly look to electronic participant communications as a reliable and cost-effective way to satisfy disclosure requirements under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). Last...more

New IRS Guidance on Same-Sex Marriages and Retirement Plans Requires Action by Employers

The Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) have issued Notice 2014-9 (the “Notice”) and related Frequently Asked Questions (“FAQs”) providing much anticipated guidance on the application of the Supreme...more

IRS Issues Final Regulations on Suspending or Reducing Safe Harbor 401(k) Contributions

The U.S. Department of Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service have issued final regulations providing guidance on permitted midyear reductions or suspensions of safe harbor nonelective and safe harbor matching...more

Defense of Marriage Act: What the U.S. Supreme Court’s Windsor Decision May Mean for Employer-Sponsored Benefit Plans

Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in U.S. v. Windsor that the federal Defense of Marriage Act (“DOMA”) is an unconstitutional “deprivation of the equal liberty of persons that is protected by the Fifth Amendment of...more

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