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
   • Yesterday at 12:40 AM

2. No Surprise Billing Notice and "Publicly Available"

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

3. 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

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
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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
   • 325 views
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   • Peter Gulia
   • July 20, 2021

7. Should a summary plan description explain cybersecurity?

   By Peter Gulia, April 28, 2021   

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

8. Would this satisfy 404a5?

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

9. Disclosure of Pension to Alternate Participant

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

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

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

11. 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

12. Participant Request to Review Plan Financial Documents

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

13. DOL eDisclosure regs

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

14. Electronic Disclosure and Burden of Proof

    By tsrl01, July 13, 2020   

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

15. Failure to distribute SAR

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

16. 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

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

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

18. RMD Notice

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

19. 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
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    • Peter Gulia
    • December 17, 2019

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

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

21. 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
    • 1.5k views
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    • Suzanne85
    • July 9, 2021

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
    • 1.5k views
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    • QP_Guy
    • September 28, 2018

24. COBRA & Vision

    By Benefits 101, May 24, 2018   

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

25. Technical Release 2011-03R

    By ERISAAPPLE, November 17, 2017   

    • electronic dislcosures
    • 0 replies
    • 1.5k views
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    • ERISAAPPLE
    • November 17, 2017