• How to Obtain Employee Benefit Documents from DOL

• Can the Retiree Health Benefits Provided by Your Employer Be Cut?

• Job Loss - Important Information Workers Need To Know To Protect Their Health Coverage and Retirement Benefits

• Life Changes Require Health Choices...Know Your Benefit Options

• MEWAs: A Guide to Federal and State Regulation

• Protecting Retirement and Health Care Benefits after Job Loss

• Protections For Newborns, Adopted Children, And New Parents - The Newborns' and Mothers' Health Protection Act of 1996

• Retirement and Health Care Benefits...Questions and Answers for Reservists

• Retirement and Health Care Coverage...Questions and Answers for Dislocated Workers

• Top 10 Ways to Make Your Health Benefits Work for You

• Work Changes Require Health Choices...Protect Your Rights

• Your Health Plan And HIPAA...Making The Law Work For You

• Your Rights After A Mastectomy...Women's Health & Cancer Rights Act of 1998

Retirement

• A Look at 401(k) Plan Fees

• Cash Balance Plans: Questions and Answers

• Filing A Claim for Your Retirement Benefits

• How to Obtain Employee Benefit Documents from the Department of Labor

• Job Loss - Important Information Workers Need To Know To Protect Their Health Coverage and Retirement Benefits

• New Employee Savings Tips - Time Is On Your Side

• Payroll Deduction IRAs For Small Businesses

• Protecting Retirement and Health Care Benefits after Job Loss

• QDROs - Qualified Domestic Relations Orders

• Retirement and Health Care Benefits...Questions and Answers for Reservists

• Retirement and Health Care Coverage...Questions and Answers for Dislocated Workers

• Savings Fitness: A Guide to Your Money and Your Financial Future

• SEP Retirement Plans for Small Businesses

• SIMPLE IRA Plans for Small Businesses

• Taking The Mystery Out Of Retirement Planning

• Top 10 Ways to Prepare for Retirement

• What You Should Know About Your Retirement Plan

• Women and Retirement Savings

• Your Employer's Bankruptcy: How Will it Affect Your Employee Benefits?

Compliance Assistance Publications

Health

• An Employer's Guide to Health Continuation Coverage Under COBRA - The Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act

• Compliance Assistance Guide - Health Benefits Coverage Under Federal Law

• Compliance Assistance - Group Health and Disability Plans Benefit Claims Procedure Regulation

• How to Obtain Employee Benefit Documents from the Department of Labor

• In Brief: Can the Retiree Health Benefits Provided by Your Employer Be Cut?

• MEWAs: A Guide to Federal and State Regulation

• Qualified Medical Child Support Orders

• Reporting And Disclosure Guide For Employee Benefit Plans

• Understanding Your Fiduciary Responsibilities Under A Group Health Plan

Retirement

• 401(k) Plans For Small Businesses

• 401(k) Plan Fees Disclosure Form

• Adding Automatic Enrollment To Your 401(k) Plan

• Automatic Enrollment 401(k) Plans for Small Businesses

• Choosing a Retirement Solution for Your Small Business

• Exemption Procedures Under Federal Pension Law

• How to Obtain Employee Benefit Documents from the Department of Labor

• Meeting Your Fiduciary Responsibilities

• Payroll Deduction IRAs For Small Businesses

• QDROs: Qualified Domestic Relations Orders

• Reporting And Disclosure Guide For Employee Benefit Plans

• SEP Retirement Plans for Small Businesses

• Selecting An Auditor For Your Employee Benefit Plan

• SIMPLE IRA Plans for Small Businesses

• Special Terminal Report Instructions for Abandoned Plans

• Understanding Retirement Plan Fees And Expenses

Filing Requirements

• EFAST A - User Guide for Electronic/Magnetic Media Filing of Form 5500/5500EZ

• EFAST B Part 1 - Electronic/Magnetic Media File Specifications and Validation Criteria for Forms 5500 and 5500-EZ

• EFAST B Part 2 - Electronic/Magnetic Media Record Layouts for Forms 5500 and 5500-EZ

• EFAST C - EFAST Participant Acceptance Testing Procedures

• Frequently Asked Questions about the ERISA Filing Acceptance System (EFAST)

Publicaciones Del Consumidor En Español

• Cobertura de Jubilación y Atención de Salud...Preguntas y Respuestas para Trabajadores Desplazados

• Cómo Presentar Una Reclamación Para Sus Beneficios de Salud o Incapacidad

• Cómo proteger la jubilación y los beneficios de salud después de perder el empleo

• Las 10 Mejores Maneras de Prepararse para la Jubilación

• Las 10 Mejores Maneras de hacer que sus beneficios de salud funcionen para usted

• Las Mujeres Y El Ahorro Para La Jubilación

• Lo Que Usted Debe Saber...Sobre Su Plan De Retiro

• Los cambios de condición laboral requieren hacer elecciones médicas

• Los cambios de vida requieren tomar decisiones médicas

• Su Dinero Y Futuro Economico: Una Guia Para Ahorrar

• Sus Derechos Despues De Una Mastectomia

• Una guía para el empleado sobre los beneficios de salud bajo COBRA - La Ley Ómnibus Consolidada de Reconciliación Presupuestaria

Publicaciones Del Empleador En Español

• Cumplimiento De Sus Responsabilidades Fiduciarias

• Modelo De Aviso General Sobre Los Derechos A La Continuación De La Cobertura De COBRA

• Modelo De Aviso De Elección De La Continuación De La Cobertura De COBRA

• Una guía para el empleador sobre la continuación de cobertura de salud grupal bajo COBRA - La Ley Ómnibus Consolidada de Reconciliación Presupuestaria

Health And Pension Reports

• Health Disclosure and Claims Issues: Fiscal Year 2001 Compliance Project Report

• National Summit on Retirement Savings - Final Report: 2006 • 2002 • 1998

Funded Research Papers

• Health Research Papers: 2000-2006

• Pension Research Papers: 2000-2005

• Study of 401(k) Plan Fees and Expenses

• Private Pension Plan Bulletins Abstract of Form 5500 Annual Reports:
  2006 • 2005 • 2004 • 2003 • 2002 • 2001 • 2000 • 1999 • 1998 • 1997 • 1996 • 1995 • 1994 • 1993

• Private Pension Plan Bulletin Historical Tables and Graphs: 1975-2006

ERISA Advisory Council Reports

2008

• Hard to Value Assets and Target Date Funds

• Phased Retirement

• The Spend Down of Defined Contribution Assets at Retirement

2007

• Financial Literacy of Plan Participants and the Role of the Employer

• Fiduciary Responsibilities and Revenue Sharing Practices

• Participant Benefit Statements

2006

• Health Information Technology

• Plan Asset Rules, Exemptions And Cross-Trading

• Prudent Investment Process

2005

• Communications To Retirement Plan Participants

• Health And Welfare Benefit Plans' Communications

• Retirement Distributions And Options

2004

• Fee And Related Disclosures To Participants

• Health And Welfare Form 5500 Requirements

• Plan Fees And Reporting On Form 5500

2003

• Defined Benefit Plan Funding And Discount Rate Issues

• Health Care Security Consumer-Directed Health Care Arrangements

• Optional Professional Management In Defined Contribution Plans

2002

• Electronic Reporting

• Fiduciary Education and Training

• Orphan Plans

2001

• Challenges to the Employment-Based Healthcare System

• Increasing Pension Coverage, Participation and Benefits

• Planning For Retirement

2000

• Benefit Continuity After Organizational Restructuring

• Long-Term Care

• Phased Retirement

1999

• Benefit Implications of the Growth of a Contingent Workforce

• Studying the Trend in the Defined Benefit Market to Hybrid Plans

• Using Surplus Pension Assets to Secure Retiree Health Benefits

1998

• Disclosure of Health Plan Quality Information

• Retirement Plan Leakage

• Small Business

1997

• Defined Contribution vs. Defined Benefit Plans

• Employer Assets in ERISA Employer-Sponsored Plans

• Soft Dollars/Commission Recapture

1996

• Utilization of Third-Party Trustees to Protect Plan Participants

• Guidance in Selecting and Monitoring Service Providers

• Impact of Alternative Tax Proposals on ERISA Employer-Sponsored Plans

• Organization Chart
• EBSA Regional Offices
• ERISA Advisory Council
• CHIP Working Group

• Health Plans
• Retirement Plans
• Retirement Savings

• Final Rules
• Notices
• Proposed Rules
• Public Comments

• Advisory Opinions
• Exemptions
• Field Assistance Bulletins
• Information Letters
• Interpretive Bulletins
• EO 12866 Guidance

• Abandoned Plans
• Correction Programs
• Fiduciary Education
• For Health Plans
• For Retirement Plans
• For Small Employers
• Reporting and Filing
• Webcasts