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Benefits in the News > By Subject > Communication and disclosure to participants Now Viewing Recent Headlines View Excerpts and Recent Headlines [Guidance Overview] EBSA Makes Small Clarifying Correction to FAB 2012-02 FAQs on Participant-Level Fee Disclosure [Guidance Overview] 9th Circuit Case Addresses Equitable Remedies Post-Amara and Says Mere Violations of Law Do Not Establish 'Harm' Creating Equitable Remedies Six Smart Steps to Get Your Employees Ready for Retirement [Official Guidance] Form W-2 Reporting of Employer-Sponsored Health Coverage: IRS Informational Page Updated May 2, 2012 DOL Begins Enforcing the ACA Through Plan Audits [Official Guidance] Text of CCIIO Announcement on Medical Loss Ratio Rebate Notices, Reminding Health Insurers of August 1 Deadline (PDF) Educational Web Page on Retirement Plan Fees Comes Online from The Principal [Opinion] Combination of Fee Disclosure DOL Regs and 'Strict Liability' Under Code Section 4975 Might Be Explosive Time's Up on 401(k) Fee Disclosure Compliance: New Potential Breaches of Fiduciary Duty Looming [Guidance Overview] HHS Notice Addresses Rules for Insurers That Meet or Exceed Medical Loss Ratio Standards [Guidance Overview] FAQs on Summaries of Benefits and Coverage Address Electronic Distribution and Coverage Example Calculator [Guidance Overview] DOL, HHS and Treasury Guidance on SBC Requirements Provides Compliance Exceptions During First Year [Guidance Overview] Final EBSA Fee Disclosure Requirements Addressed in Field Assistance Bulletin 2012-02 [Guidance Overview] FAB Addresses Investment Disclosures to Participants About a Plan's Designated Investment Alternatives [Opinion] Text of Comments to IRS by Pension Action Center Urging IRS to Retain Strict Requirement of Providing Notices to Separated Plan Participants PBGC to Request Comments on Information Collection for Locating and Paying Participants Good-Faith Efforts Already Taken to Comply with Participant Fee Regs Won't Be Penalized, EBSA Says [Guidance Overview] DOL Addresses Definition of Designated Investment Alternatives for Purposes of Required Participant Fee Disclosures Current Challenges and Best Practices Concerning Beneficiary Designations in Retirement and Life Insurance Plans (PDF) [Guidance Overview] Preauthorization of Surgical Procedure Not Covered by the Plan Was Not a Fiduciary Breach [Guidance Overview] COBRA Notice Deadline Runs from Employment Termination Date [Guidance Overview] DOL FAQs Address Implementation of Participant-Level Retirement Plan Fee Disclosures [Official Guidance] Agencies Revise Summary of Benefits and Coverage Template and , Sample Completed SBC, and Coverage Example Calculations [Official Guidance] Text of Final CMS Regs for Medical Loss Ratio Requirements (PDF) [Official Guidance] Affordable Care Act Implementation FAQs -- Set 9 -- The Summary of Benefits and Coverage Employers� Outreach Methods Fail to Engage Employees in Retirement Savings [Guidance Overview] DOL FAQs Address Retirement Plan Fee Disclosures (PDF) [Guidance Overview] Describing Plan Administration Expenses When Making Participant Fee and Investment Disclosures [Guidance Overview] DOL FAQs Clarify Participant-Level Disclosures, 'Good Faith' Standard for Enforcement Purposes Reviewing Your 401(k) Plan's Hardship Distribution Procedures [Guidance Overview] New Q&As in DOL Field Assistance Bulletin 2012-2 Clarify, Expand Fee Disclosure Regs Restricted Health Insurance Enrollment Periods As an Alternative to Individual Mandates [Guidance Overview] DOL FAQs Address Retirement Plan Fee and Expense Disclosure Rules As a Plan Sponsor, Are You Prepared to Provide Fee Disclosures to Participants? [Guidance Overview] Electronic Delivery of Disclosures under the Participant Fee Disclosure Regulation (PDF) [Guidance Overview] How to Protect Your Company's 401(k) Plan Committee under New Service Provider Fee Disclosure Regs [Guidance Overview] Final DOL Regs Address Fee Disclosures to Participants in Self-Directed Retirement Plans [Guidance Overview] DOL Issues Final Regs on Pension Plan Service Providers; Health & Welfare Plan Service Providers Next in Line? [Guidance Overview] Action Items for Plan Fiduciaries: Handling Fee Disclosures by Service Providers, and Fee Disclosures to Participants [Guidance Overview] Tussey v. ABB, Inc. Shows Importance of Implementing Process for Prudent Decision-Making and Following Plan Documents [Opinion] ASPPA Letter to EBSA on Asset Allocation Strategies, Model Portfolios and Need for Transitional Relief [Official Guidance] Text of Proposed IRS Regulations Pertaining to the Disclosure of Return Information to Carry Out Eligibility Requirements for Health Insurance Affordability Programs (PDF) Sample Glossary of Investment-Related Terms for Disclosures to Retirement Plan Participants (PDF) [Guidance Overview] Tax Treatment of Employee MLR Rebates Is Clarified [Guidance Overview] Ninth Circuit Rejects Claim for Equitable Relief under ERISA in Dispute Over Summary Plan Description [Opinion] Text of Pension Rights Center's Criticism of U.S. Chamber's White Paper on the Private Retirement Plan System [Guidance Overview] Summary of Final DOL Regs on Service Provider Fee Disclosures (PDF) [Opinion] U.S. Chamber Outlines Path Forward for Private Retirement Benefits GAO Report on Defined Contribution Plans: Approaches in Other Countries Offer Beneficial Strategies in Several Areas Health Care Remains a Key Concern for Americans; Wellness Near Top of List [Guidance Overview] Seventh Circuit Sides with Fiduciaries on Question of Out-of-Network Disclosures [Opinion] Statement of Consumer, Labor, Women's and Retiree Organizations Opposing Efforts to Eliminate Paper-Based Disclosures to Retirement Plan Participants Preparing Your Employees for a DB Plan Termination [Guidance Overview] Compliance Deadlines for Participant Fee Disclosures (PDF) [Guidance Overview] Are You Ready to Comply with Rules Requiring Investment and Fee Disclosures to Participants? [Guidance Overview] Early Retirement Supplement Found to Be a 'Protected Benefit' Due to Plan Drafting [Guidance Overview] After 404a-5 Fee Disclosure Kicks In, When and How to Tell Participants About Changes to the Disclosed Information? Advisers Recommend Review of Non-Profit Employers' 403(b) Programs Before IRS Auditor Comes to Call The Unforgiving Compliance Clock of New 401(k) Rules Vanguard's Sample Notice for Plan Sponsors, Providing Fee Disclosure to Participants Important word about authorship: BenefitsLink® (BenefitsLink.com) provides this page for you, containing selected hypertext links to pages on the web that our editors think will be useful or interesting to you. But BenefitsLink is not the author or publisher of those linked pages (except as expressly indicated). You should contact directly the author of any such linked pages for copyright or other information about their contents. Webmaster: Dave Baker (click)   ·   © 2012 BenefitsLink.com, Inc. 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