On April 26, 2010, the U.S. Department of Labor issued its Spring 2010 Semi-Annual Regulatory Agenda. This publication takes the form of a Federal Register notice to comply with certain administrative requirements. The agenda itself is available on the DOL Website with most entries supported by a fact sheet (click here for Fall 2009 and Spring 2010 entries).

DOL’s agenda and related materials include 20 pending projects

related to employee benefits, which are listed below in order of the projected timetable for next steps. (In the ordinary course, dates projected in the agenda may prove ambitious.) New projects highlighted by DOL are shown in bold.