Companies with ESOPs and other broad-based employee ownership plans account for well over half of Fortune magazine's "100 Best Companies to Work for in America" list year after year.

The terms spouse and marriage in ERISA and a host of other employee benefit laws over which the DOL has jurisdiction will now include same-sex couples legally married in any state that recognizes such marriages.

About 4,000 retirement plan sponsors received an erroneous penalty notice from the Internal Revenue Service in the past month because they filed a late or incomplete Form 8955-SSA.

The agency would like to reduce errors and improve the timeliness of reporting by requiring more magnetic media filing of retirement plan reports.