Retirement plan advisers must rethink how they work and get paid, according to benefits attorneys and industry insiders.

Retirement plan advisers must rethink how they get paid, which could lead to a leveling of costs for plan sponsors.

HHS is launching phase two of its audit program focused on covered entities, including employers and other plan sponsors.

Top DOL official counters that the new regulations will result in “major reform," while not ruling out additional government action.

How the DOL’s proposed regulations would affect executive, administrative and professional employee exemptions.

Under the DOL’s new standard, all retirement plan advisers — and not just some — will have to put their clients’ interests ahead of their own.

In light of the DOL’s new rule, some advisers will have to define a new relationship with employers and may ask for additional fees.

Plan sponsors and advisers are still able to provide generic facts about retirement savings and 401(k) plans without being subject to the DOL’s new rule.

Employee benefit brokers weigh in on how the new regulation will impact their business and that of their employer clients.

Retirement plan advisers must rethink how they work and get paid, according to benefits attorneys and industry insiders.

Broad in scope, the final DOL ruling favors plan sponsors, but also puts pressure on them to adjust to new industry realities.

Retirement plan industry experts are greeting the Department of Labor’s plans, which will force employers to be more cautious when hiring advisers, with a mix of caution and optimism.

Some advisers are calling it the most sweeping regulatory reform of the retirement industry in 76 years.

The ACA’s excise tax shouldn’t include contributions to HSAs and FSAs, benefit experts say, arguing that such a levy may lead employers to cut those health programs from their plans.

Having had time to take measure of the healthcare reform law, their focus is shifting from ensuring compliance to controlling costs, says Eric Helman of Hodges-Mace.

The ACA’s excise tax shouldn’t include contributions to HSAs and FSAs, benefit experts say, arguing that such a levy may lead employers to cut those health programs from their plans.

Having had time to take measure of the health care reform law, their focus is shifting from assuring compliance to controlling costs, says Eric Helman of Hodges-Mace.

It is not unheard of for violations to cost a company millions of dollars plus attorney’s fees, one expert cautions.

Advisers can help employers pay close attention to these items to avoid catching the eye of the DOL.

Following a suit filed in federal court, employers are advised to be careful about how they communicate changes to employees’ hours.