On September 18, on a 51 to 47 vote, the Senate confirmed President Trump’s nominee, Dan Aronowitz, to head the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA). EBSA is the Department of Labor (DOL) agency that oversees the ERISA provisions applicable to retirement savings plans.

President Trump has nominated Daniel Aronowitz to lead the Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA). Aronowitz is currently the president of ENCORE Fiduciary, an underwriter of insurance designed to protect employee benefits plans and trustees from fiduciary liability.

A new poll shows that 85 percent of voters in battleground states support a federal paid leave program. And 65 percent of those polled said they would be motivated to vote based on the federal paid leave issue.