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When the Department of Labor issued its final rule to expand access group retirement plans, it moved a step closer to what for many in the benefits industry is the ultimate dream: unfettered access to multiple employer plans.
On Monday, the DOL announced it will relax the regulations governing which employers can band together to offer a collective plan, and also issued a call for comments that could inform a new rulemaking procedure that would advance open MEPs.
Kenneth Corbin is a Financial Planning contributing writer in Boston and Washington. Follow him on Twitter at @kecorb.
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