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Financial Wellness and What Really Works
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Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Preparing for 2026 – Mandatory Roth and Optional Super Catch-Up Contributions — Troutman Pepper Locke Podcast
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Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Preparing for 2026 – Top Five Health and Welfare Updates — Troutman Pepper Locke Podcast
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Plan for Success: Navigating Pension De-Risking
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion - Forfeitures Under Fire
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion - Navigating Fiduciary Responsibilities in a Tide-Turning ESG Era
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion - Big Changes to Catch-Up Contributions in 2025
How ERISA Litigators Strengthen Plan Compliance and Risk Management: One-on-One with Jeb Gerth
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion - Good News for the ACA in 2025
#WorkforceWednesday®: New DOL Guidance - ERISA Plan Cybersecurity Update - Employment Law This Week®
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion - New IRS Guidance on SECURE 2.0 Act Student Loan Employer Contributions
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion - Understanding Lifetime Income Products
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion - Trends in Recordkeeper Consolidation and Due Diligence
Many plan sponsors believe that once they hire a recordkeeper, TPA, or investment advisor, their fiduciary responsibilities are largely taken care of. While service providers certainly help manage the plan, there is one...more
The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Treasury recently published proposed regulations aimed at expanding employer-provided access to fertility benefits. The Proposed Regulations implement President Donald...more
IRA providers, like qualified plan sponsors, were required to update their IRA documents for SECURE Act 1.0/2.0 by December 31, 2026, pursuant to IRS Notice 2024-2. Thankfully, earlier this year IRS issued Notice 2026-9 to...more
For plan sponsors subject to annual retirement plan audits, the audit process can feel intimidating. Many sponsors worry that an audit will uncover problems that reflect poorly on their organization or create regulatory...more
I’ve been around this business long enough to know that not every opinion ages well. Some soften, some mature, and some just fade away as experience replaces instinct. I used to think rap music had nothing to offer. I was...more
This LawFlash discusses recent developments on the US Department of Labor’s activities regarding ERISA violations, including the department’s stated intent to depart from “regulation by enforcement” and updates to its...more
The conversation around alternative assets in 401(k) plans is gaining momentum, driven by regulatory developments, product innovation, and a growing willingness among plan sponsors to consider broader investment options. To...more
Following a wave of high‑profile settlements involving large defined benefit pension plans, including Raytheon (which settled for around $59 million) and CITGO (which settled for around $10 million), and as they await...more
A bite-sized summary of recent UK pension news Welcome to our latest update, in which we cover: Abolition of lifetime allowance (LTA): draft regulations Draft regulations making further amendments following the abolition...more
Recent Canadian pension developments reflect increasing regulatory scrutiny, evolving transaction requirements and growing attention to technology-related governance risks for pension plans and capital accumulation plans...more
My wife loves Le Creuset, which means, by extension, so do I. I’ve been to enough factory-to-table sales across the country to know one thing: for every cooking need, they’ll happily sell you three different versions of the...more
Two critical deadlines are converging. Calendar year plans must adopt amendments reflecting the SECURE Act, CARES Act, and SECURE 2.0 by December 31, 2026 (with later deadlines for collectively bargained and governmental...more
“Prediction is easy — being right is hard.” The Supreme Court’s May 21, 2026, decision in the multiemployer withdrawal liability space affirmed this principle. In M & K Employee Solutions, LLC v. Trustees of the IAM National...more
Mayer Brown partners, Erin Cho and Rick Nowak, submitted a comment letter on behalf of the Coalition for Modern Retirement Solutions (“CMRS”) to the US Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration ("EBSA")...more
The DOL's Proposed Safe Harbor and What It Means for Asset Managers, Advisers, and Plan Sponsors - On March 30, 2026, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) released a proposed rule titled "Fiduciary Duties in Selecting...more
Walk into most 401(k) plans and you’ll see the same thing: a bloated investment lineup filled with options that all start to look the same after a while. Large cap blend A, large cap blend B, large cap blend C—different...more
The Departments of Labor, Treasury, and Health and Human Services (Departments) issued a proposed rule that could significantly reshape how employers offer fertility benefits. The proposal would give employers another pathway...more
A federal district court issued a mid-trial ruling in favor of the defendants regarding their use of forfeitures in Stephan v. Trader Joe’s Company, No. 1:25-cv-10212 (D. Mass.). The Stephan case is one of nearly 100...more
Every year, plan sponsors sit through the annual 401(k) review. There’s a deck. There are charts. Investment performance gets discussed. Fees get mentioned. Everyone nods, a few questions get asked, and then the meeting ends....more
Just over one year ago, the US Supreme Court addressed the pleading requirements for prohibited-transaction claims under ERISA, holding that a plaintiff need only allege the elements of a prohibited transaction in ERISA...more
Employers operating across multiple states increasingly face overlapping state and federal leave obligations. While the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) establishes a federal baseline, a growing number of states have...more
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently announced (see Revenue Procedure 2026-24) cost-of-living adjustments to the applicable dollar limits for health savings accounts (HSAs), high-deductible health plans (HDHPs), and...more
On May 21, 2026, the United States Supreme Court decided its first withdrawal liability case in a very long time. This alert covers the dispute, what the Court said and how it affects employers with union workforces....more
ERISA’s fiduciary duties are not limited to retirement plans. Fiduciaries of employee welfare benefit plans—including employer-sponsored health and welfare plans that offer voluntary benefits such as accident, critical...more
One of the most common things plan sponsors say is, “We don’t get any complaints about our 401(k).” It sounds like a good thing. It’s not....more