Subscribe (Free) to
Daily or Weekly Newsletters
Post a Job

Featured Jobs

Employee Benefits Attorney

Reid & Riege PC
(Remote / Hartford CT / Hybrid)

Reid & Riege PC logo

AI Retirement Plan Administrator

Well-Funded Retirement-Focused AI Startup
(Remote / Cambridge MA / NY / Hybrid)

Well-Funded Retirement-Focused AI Startup logo

Regional Vice President

Loren D. Stark Company
(Remote)

Loren D. Stark Company logo

Retirement Plan Administration Consultant

Blue Ridge Associates
(Remote)

Blue Ridge Associates logo

ESOP Administration Consultant

Blue Ridge Associates
(Remote)

Blue Ridge Associates logo

Client Relationship Manager (401k)

Prime Benefits
(Remote / Baltimore MD)

Prime Benefits logo

View More Employee Benefits Jobs

Free Newsletters

“BenefitsLink continues to be the most valuable resource we have at the firm.”

-- An attorney subscriber

Mobile app icon
LinkedIn icon     Twitter icon     Facebook icon

DOL Files Amicus Brief Clarifying Fiduciary Use of Forfeited Funds Under ERISA
Employee Benefits Security Administration [EBSA], U.S. Department of Labor [DOL] Link to more items from this source
Feb. 2, 2026

"[T]he department argues that the district court correctly held that the plan sponsor did not breach its fiduciary duties of prudence and loyalty because the plaintiff's argument only included a bare allegation that forfeitures were not allocated to pay plan expenses, even though the plan at issue provided for fiduciary discretion over that decision. Instead, the brief explains how a prudent and loyal fiduciary might have concluded that it was important to ensure that plan participants received the contributions expressly promised by the plan in a timely manner." [Barragan v. Honeywell Int'l, Inc., No. 24-4529 (D.N.J. Aug. 18, 2025; on appeal to 3d Cir. No. 25-2509)]  MORE >>

Please click here to report this link if it is broken (for example, if you see a "404 File Not Found" error message after you click on the linked news item's title).
An important word about authorship: BenefitsLink® created this link to the news item, but we are not the news item's author (unless expressly shown above).