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House Republicans and Democrats are requesting that the Department of Labor significantly narrow its definition of fiduciary in a rule the agency is currently drafting that would impact the sale of retirement products.

Old child support debts could cost thousands of poor men their only income next year because of a policy aimed at reducing the cost to the government of mailing paper checks to pay federal benefits.

Towers Watson's research indicates embattled employees will take pay cuts to help guarantee their retirement benefits and lower their long-term health care costs.

Advisors and plan sponsors are surprisingly still unaware that DOL has jurisdiction over them, says Andy Larson of the Retirement Learning Center.

The U.S. Department of Labor has received a summary judgment ordering the defunct West Chester, Pa.-based Compass Capital Partners Ltd. and owner, Harris M. DeWese, to restore $661,206 to the company's retirement plan.

Thorough education, two-way communication and a focus behind the business strategy behind benefits are some of the hallmarks of Principal's 10 Best Companies.

President Barack Obama signed the payroll tax cut extension into law Wednesday, notching an election-year victory and rare bipartisan agreement in the continuing partisan battle over jobs, taxes and debt.

The government cannot deny health benefits to the wife of a lesbian court employee by relying on the 1996 law that bars government recognition of same-sex unions, a federal judge has ruled.