Communication and Disclosure to Participants

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1. Court rulings regarding failure to disclose the value of each investment to which assets in the participant's account have been allocated

   By Christopher Wilson, Monday at 09:59 PM
   • 1 reply
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   • EBECatty
   • Tuesday at 12:40 AM

2. Is Plan Admininstrator Required to provide Copy of Plan Document upon request?

   By cheersmate, January 7   

   • request for documents
   • participant request
   • (and 1 more)

     Tagged with:

     • request for documents
     • participant request
     • disclosure requirements
   • 9 replies
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   • Bri
   • January 18

3. No Surprise Billing Notice and "Publicly Available"

   By alexa, January 10
   • 1 reply
   • 115 views
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   • JYo
   • January 10

4. Broker Compensation Disclosure - Covered Plans? Voluntary Critcal Illness, Vol. Cancer, Vol. Hospital Indemnity

   By Scott A. Davis, November 20, 2021
   • 3 replies
   • 225 views
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   • Juan Kelly
   • November 30, 2021

5. DOL Issues Temporary Implementing FAQs on Pension Benefit Statements – Lifetime Income Illustrations Interim Final Rule

   By RatherBeGolfing, July 26, 2021
   • 2 replies
   • 325 views
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   • RatherBeGolfing
   • September 13, 2021

6. Will a recordkeeper deliver its customer’s 404a-5 notice?

   By Peter Gulia, July 19, 2021   

   • 404a-5
   • 6 replies
   • 328 views
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   • Peter Gulia
   • July 20, 2021

7. If one has the participant’s e-mail address, why not just attach the document to be furnished?

   By Peter Gulia, October 22, 2019   

   • electronic disclosures
   • 16 replies
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   • Suzanne85
   • July 9, 2021

8. Is the penalty $110 or $112 a day?

   By Peter Gulia, November 11, 2019
   • 3 replies
   • 723 views
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   • PeterN
   • July 9, 2021

9. Do you in an SPD or SMM describe a provision that expired?

   By Peter Gulia, November 4, 2020   

   • smm; spd
   • 9 replies
   • 941 views
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   • Peter Gulia
   • May 27, 2021

10. Should a summary plan description explain cybersecurity?

    By Peter Gulia, April 28, 2021   

    • spd
    • 17 replies
    • 769 views
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    • Peter Gulia
    • April 30, 2021

11. Would this satisfy 404a5?

    By Santo Gold, April 8, 2021
    • 2 replies
    • 300 views
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    • Peter Gulia
    • April 8, 2021

12. Disclosure of Pension to Alternate Participant

    By Carl S., March 1, 2021
    • 5 replies
    • 618 views
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    • QDROphile
    • March 3, 2021

13. Is there a fiduciary responsibility to educate participants about cybersecurity?

    By Peter Gulia, February 12, 2021
    • 5 replies
    • 355 views
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    • david rigby
    • February 12, 2021

14. Participant Request to Review Plan Financial Documents

    By cwallace, October 22, 2020
    • 5 replies
    • 699 views
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    • Patricia Neal Jensen
    • October 23, 2020

15. DOL eDisclosure regs

    By Belgarath, August 5, 2020
    • 1 reply
    • 591 views
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    • Peter Gulia
    • August 5, 2020

16. Electronic Disclosure and Burden of Proof

    By tsrl01, July 13, 2020   

    • electronic disclosures
    • 0 replies
    • 354 views
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    • tsrl01
    • July 13, 2020

17. Failure to distribute SAR

    By bevfair, June 8, 2020
    • 1 reply
    • 486 views
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    • Jeff Hartmann
    • June 9, 2020

18. Should an employer assign an email address for every employee (even those who won’t use it in one’s daily work)?

    By Peter Gulia, May 29, 2020   

    • defaul electronic disclosure
    • 14 replies
    • 673 views
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    • Belgarath
    • June 3, 2020

19. New DOL Safe Harbor w/r/t Participant Communication 1 2

    By Belgarath, May 26, 2020
    • 33 replies
    • 959 views
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    • austin3515
    • June 1, 2020

20. RMD Notice

    By JOH, April 2, 2020
    • 0 replies
    • 712 views
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    • JOH
    • April 2, 2020

21. What happens if a plan’s administrator does not wait 30 days before paying a distribution?

    By Peter Gulia, December 16, 2019   

    • 402(f)
    • 8 replies
    • 1.6k views
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    • Peter Gulia
    • December 17, 2019

22. Employee Benefit Participant Questionnaire?

    By Tax Cowboy, May 30, 2019
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    • Tax Cowboy
    • May 30, 2019

23. Fee Dislcosure -- Incorrect Administrative Expense Reflected

    By Princess(k), September 27, 2018
    • 1 reply
    • 1.6k views
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    • QP_Guy
    • September 28, 2018

24. Spanish SPD

    By Guest kurt johansen, August 13, 1999
    • 17 replies
    • 8.8k views
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    • Peter Gulia
    • June 14, 2018

25. COBRA & Vision

    By Benefits 101, May 24, 2018   

    • vision cobra
    • 1 reply
    • 592 views
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    • Madison71
    • May 24, 2018