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DOL Enhances Informal Guidance and ERISA Compliance Assistance

Jenny Gartman, CEBS

14 May 202614 May 2026

Today’s blog reviews recent guidance on ERISA enforcement priorities, including the fiduciary duty of loyalty and proxy advisor actions that qualify as investment advice under ERISA’s five-part test.

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Improving Financial and Benefits Literacy

Amanda Wilke, CEBS

12 May 202612 May 2026

Financial and benefits literacy is successful when employees have clear, low-risk next steps, giving them the confidence to make informed decisions and improving outcomes for both the employee and the organization.

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Single-Friendly Employee Benefits

Rebecca Plier

07 May 202607 May 2026

With a focus on recruiting and retaining talent, many businesses have expanded family-friendly policies and benefit offerings, such as flexible work hours, paid parental leave and subsidized child care. While these improvements are valued by many employees, organizations are still neglecting a […]

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New Technologies Driving Health Care and Prescription Drug Costs

Anne Newhouse, CEBS

05 May 202605 May 2026

New statistics and articles about the climbing costs of health care are released almost every day, indicating that this is a pressing issue for plan sponsors. In 2025, the International Foundation released the Health Care Costs Pulse Survey: 2026 Cost Trend, which […]

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Staying Centered in Times of Uncertainty

Tim Hennessy

30 Apr 202630 Apr 2026

Today’s blog shares the benefits of mindfulness and meditation in supporting both mental and physical well-being.

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National Apprenticeship Week: April 26-May 2

Anne Newhouse, CEBS

28 Apr 202628 Apr 2026

National Apprenticeship Week reminds us that career building through apprenticeships is a key strategy for the skilled trades required by many growing and in demand industries.

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Five Ways to Prepare for a Cybersecurity Audit

Jenny Gartman, CEBS

23 Apr 202623 Apr 2026

Today’s blog highlights annual actions and documentation that the U.S. Department of Labor expects to see during cybersecurity audits.

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Pensions in an Era of Longer Working Lives

Tim Hennessy

21 Apr 202621 Apr 2026

As more employees work past traditional retirement age, pension and benefit systems are colliding with assumptions built for a workforce that no longer exists—the result is a growing disconnect between modern economic realities and retirement rules rooted in policy decisions made nearly a century ago.

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Fiduciary Duties in Selecting Investments Proposed Rule: Six Factors for Prudence

Jenny Gartman, CEBS

16 Apr 202616 Apr 2026

Today’s blog highlights safe harbor factors and key fiduciary duties in the Department of Labor’s March 31, 2026 proposed rule.

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DOL Vacates Fiduciary Investment Advice Rule

Anne Newhouse, CEBS

14 Apr 202614 Apr 2026

Today’s blog shares next steps for fiduciaries on the heels of the Department of Labor’s recent removal of the 2024 retirement security rule and the restoration of the 1975 definition of investment advice fiduciary.