Treasury and the IRS will issue proposed regulations modifying the excise tax on excessive compensation and excess parachute payments paid by tax-exempt organizations.

The Council's brief argued that, if the district court's ruling is allowed to stand, it will call into question long-settled practices of retirement plan sponsors and service providers.

The Council submitted comments to EBSA regarding its proposed regulations on the selection of designated investment alternatives for retirement plans.

Council President Katy Johnson describes the newly released final rules governing the deeply flawed independent dispute resolution (IDR) process.

The Council submitted comments to EBSA regarding its proposed regulations on the selection of designated investment alternatives for retirement plans.

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released guidance on June 1 listing the calendar year 2027 indexed amounts (adjusted for inflation) HSAs, HDHPs and excepted benefit HRAs.

The Council’s interactive website tool for obtaining information on state and municipal paid family leave laws has been updated with changes to four jurisdictions.

The final rules appear to be a step toward improving the surprise billing arbitration system, but we believe substantial further improvement and oversight are still needed.

The Supreme Court unanimously ruled that multiemployer pension plans may use actuarial assumptions adopted after the measurement date when calculating employer withdrawal liability.

Over the last several years, the Council has been a leader on advocating on this issue, formally and informally.

Last week's meeting in Dublin, Ireland covered a broad range of topics related to benefit plan sponsorship by multinational companies.

The Council and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce filed an amicus brief urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit to review and reverse a district court’s certification of a large ERISA class action involving a multiple-employer retirement plan.