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The Employee Benefit Security Administration is closing fewer civil investigations into 401(k) plans but it’s recovering more money from firms that improperly oversee their employee pension schemes.

While hiring slowed in March, most data indicate the market remains in generally good shape.

The DOL's Wage and Hour Division recently announced a new nationwide pilot program called the Payroll Audit Independent Determination (PAID) program.

Benefits experts believe that even if the regulations get killed entirely, best interest standards will live on.

Benefits experts believe that even if the regulations get killed entirely, best interest standards will live on.

U.S. job openings rebounded to the highest on record in January, reflecting a solid job market at the start of the year, Labor Department data showed Friday.

Focus turns to the SEC as it considers creating its own higher standard of client care.

U.S. economy enjoyed the biggest hiring spree since mid-2016 as workers streamed in from the sidelines of the labor force.

The DOL is turning back the clock in a move that it believes will provide clarity for employers who seek to comply with the FLSA.

Compliance expert Dan Kuperstein sounds off on how the regulations work, how it affects companies and what businesses should do next.`

Association health plans will likely help smaller businesses level the playing field with larger organizations, but may also frustrate employees with limited healthcare options.

Compliance expert Dan Kuperstein sounds off on how the regulations work, how it affects companies and what businesses should do next.`

Even with the rise, filings remain below the 300,000 level that’s considered a healthy snapshot of the job market.

The U.S. added more jobs than forecast in November and the unemployment rate held at an almost 17-year low.

Financial advisors can still be held liable for violating impartial conduct standards even though the fiduciary rule has been delayed until 2019.

The regulation's enforcement provisions will not take effect until July 1, 2019, the Labor Department said.

Although the proposed rule has been shot down by the Fifth Circuit, the DOL will now request that the Fifth Circuit reverse a Texas federal court order blocking the new rule.

U.S. employers added the most workers in a year, rebounding from September’s slowdown, as people resumed work after hurricanes Harvey and Irma, Labor Department figures showed Friday.

Even though the DOL has given employers a brief reprieve for applying new disability regulations to ERISA plan claims, changes are likely.

The department's proposal furthers efforts to undo the controversial regulation.