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Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA)

The Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) offers information and assistance on employer-sponsored retirement benefit and health benefit plans.

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Official name: Employee Benefits Security Administration
Display name: Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA)
Short name: EBSA
Branch: Executive
Agency type: administration
Main address: 200 Constitution Ave., NW Washington, DC 20210

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Notice

Published April 2, 2026

91 FR 16745

Proposed Exemption for The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (Goldman) Located in New York, New York

If granted, this exemption would permit Goldman-related asset managers to rely on Prohibited Transaction Exemption 84-14 (PTE 84-14) notwithstanding the GS Malaysia FCPA Conviction (described below), if certain conditions are met.

Starts June 9, 2026

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200 Constitution Ave., NW Washington, DC 20210

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Proposal

Published March 31, 2026

91 FR 16088

Fiduciary Duties in Selecting Designated Investment Alternatives

This document contains a proposed regulation that clarifies, and provides a safe harbor for, a fiduciary's duty of prudence under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) in connection with selecting designated investment alternatives for a participant-directed individual account plan, including asset allocation funds that include alternative assets. This proposal implements section 3(c) of President Trump's Executive Order 14330, Democratizing Access to Alternative Assets for 401(k) Investors.

Comment by June 1, 2026

CFR Title 29, Part 2550

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Rule

Published March 20, 2026

91 FR 13503

Retirement Security Rule: Definition of an Investment Advice Fiduciary: Notice of Court Vacatur

This document implements the judicial vacatur of the Department's 2024 final rule defining who is a "fiduciary" under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. This document also reflects the judicial vacatur of the Department's 2024 amendments to Prohibited Transaction Exemption 2020-02 (PTE 2020-02) and the judicial vacatur of portions of the preamble to PTE 2020-02; and republishes in full the operative text of PTE 2020-02 (as originally published on December 18, 2020).

Starts April 20, 2026

CFR Title 29, Part 2510

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Notice

Published March 17, 2026

91 FR 12817

Proposed Exemption From Certain Prohibited Transaction Restrictions Involving AT&T Inc. (Together With AT&T Inc.'s Affiliates, AT&T or the Applicant) Located in Dallas, Texas

This document contains a notice of pendency before the Department of Labor (the Department) of a proposed amendment to Prohibited Transaction Exemption (PTE) 2014-06.

Starts September 9, 2013

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Proposal

Published March 2, 2026

91 FR 10033

Improving Transparency Into Pharmacy Benefit Manager Fee Disclosure; Extension of Comment Period

This document extends the comment period on the Department's Improving Transparency Into Pharmacy Benefit Manager Fee Disclosure proposed rule. The proposed rule would require providers of pharmacy benefit management services and affiliated providers of brokerage and consulting services to disclose information about their compensation to fiduciaries of self-insured group health plans subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), for purposes of ERISA's statutory prohibited transaction exemption for services arrangements. The proposed rule was published in the Federal Register on January 30, 2026, with a comment deadline of March 31, 2026. On February 3, 2026, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 amended ERISA to add several provisions relating to providers of pharmacy benefit management services. Consequently, the Department is extending the comment period for an additional 15 days, to April 15, 2026, to allow interested persons to address whether the rule should be adjusted due to these new statutory provisions.

Comment by April 15, 2026

Starts January 30, 2026

CFR Title 29, Part 2550

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Notice

Published February 26, 2026

91 FR 9642

Exemption Involving the International Union of Operating Engineers Local Union 627 Training Fund of Oklahoma (the Plan or the Applicant) Located in Oklahoma City, OK

This document provides notice of an individual exemption from certain prohibited transaction restrictions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and/or the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the Code). This exemption permits certain loans (the Loans) by the International Union of Operating Engineers Local Union 627 (Local 627) to the Plan, so the Plan can purchase heavy machinery.

Starts February 26, 2026

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