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New e-Delivery Standards Aim to Reduce Burden and Expense of Notice Distribution
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The final version of the Department of Labor’s new rules regarding electronic delivery of required notices was published this past May and took effect July 27th. These new rules will greatly reduce the burden and expense of delivering required participant notices. Many notices may now be posted to a website or provided via electronic mail  Read More →
DOL Issues Updated Electronic Disclosure Rules
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With mounting pressure to streamline retirement plan notice delivery and to help ensure delivery requirements can efficiently be met, the Department of Labor has issued updated electronic disclosure rules in the form of a new electronic delivery safe harbor provision. The new safe harbor permits the following two optional methods for electronic delivery: Website Posting  Read More →
Proposed DOL Rule Makes Electronic Delivery the Default Method for Plan Participant Required Notices
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In the past 17 years, since the Department of Labor promulgated its safe harbor rules for electronic delivery of required notices under ERISA, electronic delivery has slowly become the norm. As plan sponsors and recordkeepers alike strive for administrative efficiency and lower costs, it only makes sense that many prefer electronic delivery of notices. It  Read More →

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