U.S. Department of Labor

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  Employees moonlighting on the job at noon

  By Dan Cook  |  June 17, 2013

  Are a growing number of your employees working a second job, right under your nose?

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  Disclosure rules help bring down 401(k) fees

  By Paula Aven Gladych  |  June 13, 2013

  Defined contribution plan fees are starting to drop, thanks to fee disclosure regulations put in place last year.

• DOL sues to recover $4.9 million for DB plan participants

  By Paula Aven Gladych  |  June 12, 2013

  The federal goverment is attempting to recover $4.9 million for defined benefit plan participants of an Iowa iron casting foundry and a Michigan manufacturer.

• SPARK wants fee disclosure extension

  By Paula Aven Gladych  |  June 11, 2013

  The SPARK Institute has asked the U.S. Department of Labor for an extension of the deadline when retirement plan sponsors are required to provide participant fee and investment disclosure materials to participants.

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  Gender-based pay gap won’t close until 2057

  By Dan Cook  |  June 10, 2013

  Despite attempts to close the gender-based pay divide, it likely will be the mid-21st century before it’s eliminated.

• DOL launches online retirement toolkit

  By Paula Aven Gladych  |  June 6, 2013

  The U.S. Department of Labor has launched an online retirement toolkit to help workers navigate the murky waters of Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.

• South Carolina agency making early debt payment

  By Seanna Adcox  |  May 31, 2013

  South Carolina's unemployment agency is making a $144 million early payment toward its debt to the federal government, helping to reduce businesses' insurance taxes, agency officials told The Associated Press on Wednesday.

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  DOL seeks help on income illustrations rules

  By Elizabeth D. Festa  |  May 8, 2013

  The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration is considering regulations governing the use of lifetime income illustrations that are given to participants in defined contribution pension plans.

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  Demanding answers on PPACA's economic impact

  By Allen Greenberg  |  April 29, 2013

  Just how damaging PPACA might be to the economy is a question that becomes ever-more urgent the closer we draw to a launch date.

• Connecticut health care exchange gets providers

  By Amanda McGrory-Dixon  |  April 18, 2013

  Access Health CT has chosen HealthPass and bswift as providers of services and technology for the Connecticut health care exchange.