Washington, D.C. -- ERIC on April 17 joined 28 other trade associations in submitting a statement for the record for a House Ways and Means… More

ERIC along with several other trade associations submitted a joint statement for the record for a March 30th tax reform hearing before the… More

The House Ways and Means Committee on April 17 heard early testimony examining tax incentives for retirement saving as part of the… More

The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions Subcommittee on July 26 held a hearing on the… More

ERIC News Release For Immediate Release: September 14, 2010 Washington, D.C. -- Allison Klausner, Assistant General Counsel (Benefits) for… More

Washington, D.C. – The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC) today submitted to the Department of Treasury and Internal Revenue Service a series of three comment letters in response to their February 2012 package of proposed regulations and revenue rulings regarding lifetime-income options for participants and beneficiaries in retirement plans. … More

Washington, D.C. -- ERIC, along with a coalition of 14 other business trade associations, strongly urged the Department of Labor… More

The Department of Labor on October 27 released a Securities and Exchange Commission “no-action letter” relating to the… More

ERIC along with several other trade organizations on July 7 wrote to Labor Secretary Hilda Solis and OMB Director Jack Lew urging them to… More

ERIC on June 14 urged the Department of Labor (DOL) to include a transition period as part of the fiduciary-level fee disclosure rule to… More

ERIC News Release For Immediate Release: June 6, 2011 Washington, D.C. -- The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC) on June 3 urged the… More

ERIC on April 29 submitted comments to the Department of Treasury in response to a Request for Information (RFI) as part of President… More

The Chairmen of the House Ways and Means Committee and Education and Workforce Committee as well as the Ranking Members of the Senate HELP… More

ERIC on April 8 submitted comments to the Department of Labor (DOL) in response to a Request for Information (RFI) on ways the Department… More

For Immediate Release: January 14, 2011 Washington, D.C. -- The ERISA Industry Committee today submitted comments to the Department of… More

ERIC News Release For Immediate Release: May 5, 2010 Washington, D.C. -- The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC), in coordination with the U.S.… More

ERIC News Release For Immediate Release: May 3, 2010 Washington, D.C. -- The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC), the Washington, D.C.-based… More

Washington, D.C. -- In comments submitted today to the Department of Labor and the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with a… More

The House Ways and Means Committee on April 17 heard early testimony examining tax incentives for retirement saving as part of the… More

Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, has introduced “Rebuild America… More

Legislation has been introduced in the California Senate that would require employers with five or more employees in the State of California… More

An amendment (S.A. 1633) offered during Senate consideration of legislation (S. 1813) to reauthorize surface transportation funding contains… More

Senate Special Committee on Aging Chairman Herb Kohl (D-WI) and Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Ranking Member Mike Enzi (R-WY)… More

President Obama on September 27 signed into law H.R. 5297, the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 containing a provision to permit individuals… More

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) recently unveiled legislation (H.R. 5297, the Small Business Jobs Act) that would… More

The Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration on May 7 issued a series of frequently asked questions (“FAQs”) that provide follow-up guidance to the Department’s final regulations on participant-level fee disclosure rules. These rules under section 404 of ERISA were released in October 2010. The FAQs also provide guidance related to the final disclosure rules related to service provider disclosure to employers under section 408(b)(2).… More

The Securities and Exchange Commission recently announced that it is reopening the comment period on a proposed rule that would modify the… More

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) on February 24 announced a general exemption from mandatory electronic filing of the… More

The Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service on February 8 issued proposed regulations implementing the information reporting and… More

The Treasury Department, in consult with the Labor Department, on February 2 released proposed regulations and revenue rulings intended to… More

The Department of Labor on February 3 published in the Federal Register long-anticipated final rules under ERISA section 408(b)(2) requiring… More

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) on January 26 released Regulatory Notice 12-02, providing guidance on the application of… More

The Internal Revenue Service over the past two weeks released several pieces of guidance updating various employee benefit plan procedures… More

The Internal Revenue Service in Announcement 2012-3 extended to April 2, 2012, the deadline to submit on-cycle applications for opinion and… More

The Internal Revenue Service on December 12 released the 2011 Cumulative List of Changes in Plan Qualification Requirements (2011 Cumulative… More

The Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration on December 8 issued Technical Release 2011-03R, which revises its… More

The Department of Labor on October 27 released a Securities and Exchange Commission “no-action letter” relating to the… More

The Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration on October 25, 2011, published in the Federal Register a final… More

The Department of Labor has released Technical Release 2011-03 Interim Policy on Electronic Disclosure under Section 404(a). As part of… More

The Internal Revenue Service, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, and Social Security Administration recently announced the 2012 cost of… More

The Department of Labor has announced that it will re-propose the rule on definition of fiduciary.   The decision to re-propose is… More

The Obama Administration on August 23 released the final regulatory review plans for the various federal agencies as part of President… More

The Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) on June 1 published in the Federal Register a notice… More

In response to President Obama's Executive Order 13563 instructing federal agencies to detail their methods for reviewing existing… More

Following the December 20 release its Fall 2010 Regulatory Agenda, the Department of Labor has been holding a series of web chats on the… More

The Financial Accounting Standards Board on August 18 issued an Exposure Draft that would require defined contribution plans to classify… More

The Department of Labor on July 16 published in the Federal Register a long-awaited interim final rule under section 408(b)(2) of ERISA… More

The Securities and Exchange Commission on June 18 released a proposed rule that would modify the rules that apply to advertising and… More

The Internal Revenue Service on May 19 published in the Federal Register final rules under Internal Revenue Code section 401(a)(35)… More

The Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on May 6… More

The Department of Labor's recently released its spring regulatory agenda, which lists guidance projects covering a wide variety of… More

The Departments of Labor and Treasury on February 2 jointly published in the Federal Register a Request for Information (RFI) seeking… More

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on October 19 decided the Citigroup stock drop case, affirming the dismissal of the claims… More

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on May 26 announced it would not rehear a divided three-judge panel ruling, which held… More

Washington, D.C. -- The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC), the Washington, D.C.-based trade association representing America's major… More

Washington, D.C. -- The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC), the Washington, D.C.-based trade association representing America's major… More

President Obama on February 13 unveiled a $3.8 trillion budget proposal for fiscal year 2013 that seeks to continue with the economic… More

The Internal Revenue Service on December 12 released the 2011 Cumulative List of Changes in Plan Qualification Requirements (2011 Cumulative… More

The Internal Revenue Service, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, and Social Security Administration recently announced the 2012 cost of… More

A recent Government Accountability Office report prepared for Senate Special Committee on Aging Chairman Herb Kohl (D-WI) suggests that… More

The Deficit Reduction Commission, aka "The National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform," on December 3 held its final meeting to… More

According to research by the Employee Benefit Research Institute, a proposal to change the tax preferences for employment-based 401(k)… More

A recent report by the Center for Retirement Research written by Eric Toder and Karen E. Smith examines the distributional benefits of… More

A new report by the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) and Investment Company Institute (ICI) finds that 401(k) plan participants… More

  According to a new analysis by the Employee Benefit Research Institute, two proposals under consideration by Congress to change the… More

A new analysis by the Employee Benefit Research Institute finds that capping the annual tax preferred contributions to the lower of $20,000… More

With benefit costs rising and increased regulatory complexity, four out of 10 U.S. employers expect to spend more time governing their… More

A new study by the American Society of Pension Professionals & Actuaries (ASPPA) finds that proposals to scale back or eliminate… More

Washington, D.C. – The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC) today submitted to the Department of Treasury and Internal Revenue Service a series of three comment letters in response to their February 2012 package of proposed regulations and revenue rulings regarding lifetime-income options for participants and beneficiaries in retirement plans. … More

Washington, D.C. -- ERIC, along with a coalition of 14 other business trade associations, strongly urged the Department of Labor… More

ERIC News Release For Immediate Release: June 6, 2011 Washington, D.C. -- The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC) on June 3 urged the… More

ERIC News Release For Immediate Release: May 18, 2011 Washington, D.C. -- The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC) on May 13 filed with the U.S.… More

For Immediate Release: January 14, 2011 Washington, D.C. -- The ERISA Industry Committee today submitted comments to the Department of… More

For Immediate Release: September 14, 2010 Washington, D.C. -- Allison Klausner, Assistant General Counsel (Benefits) for Honeywell… More

ERIC News Release For Immediate Release: May 5, 2010 Washington, D.C. -- The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC), in coordination with the U.S.… More

ERIC News Release For Immediate Release: May 3, 2010 Washington, D.C. -- The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC), the Washington, D.C.-based… More

Washington, D.C. -- The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC), the Washington, D.C.-based trade association representing America's major… More

Washington, D.C. -- In comments submitted today to the Department of Labor and the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with a… More

ERIC News Release For Immediate Release: May 18, 2011 Washington, D.C. -- The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC) on May 13 filed with the U.S.… More

Washington, D.C. -- The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC), the Washington, D.C.-based trade association representing America's major… More

Washington, D.C. -- The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC), the Washington, D.C.-based trade association representing America's major… More

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on October 19 decided the Citigroup stock drop case, affirming the dismissal of the claims… More

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on May 26 announced it would not rehear a divided three-judge panel ruling, which held… More