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EBSA reports recovering over $1.4 billion for workers and plans in FY2025, mostly via enforcement

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Locate EBSA/DOL FY2025 enforcement/fact-sheet or official accounting showing monetary recoveries totaling more than $1.4 billion and documentation that a majority (>50%) derived from EBSA enforcement actions.

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The Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) announced it recovered more than $1.4 billion for retirement, health and welfare plans, participants and beneficiaries in fiscal year 2025, with over half of that total coming from enforcement actions. The department published a fact sheet showing recoveries came through enforcement, outreach and compliance programs including the Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program and the abandoned plan program, plus informal complaint resolutions. EBSA says its work also led to removal of improper plan provisions, better fiduciary governance, and expanded access to mental health and substance use disorder benefits. The agency oversees benefits for about 156 million people and roughly $13.8 trillion in plan assets.
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Official U.S. Department of Labor/EBSA materials (news release and FY2025 fact sheet) report recoveries of about $1.406 billion in FY2025. The fact sheet itemizes $714.4 million from investigations/enforcement, $468.7 million from informal complaint resolution, $117.3 million from the Abandoned Plan Program, $39.1 million from the VFCP, and $67 million from No Surprises Act inquiries, which together total roughly $1.406 billion. Because the enforcement component ($714.4M) is just over 50% of that total, the statement that EBSA recovered more than $1.4 billion in FY2025 with more than half coming from enforcement actions is supported by EBSA’s official figures. Verdict: True — the DOL/EBSA fact sheet provides the cited totals and shows enforcement recoveries exceed half of the reported FY2025 recoveries.

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  1. Update · Jan 31, 2026, 05:45 AMTrue
    Official U.S. Department of Labor/EBSA materials (news release and FY2025 fact sheet) report recoveries of about $1.406 billion in FY2025. The fact sheet itemizes $714.4 million from investigations/enforcement, $468.7 million from informal complaint resolution, $117.3 million from the Abandoned Plan Program, $39.1 million from the VFCP, and $67 million from No Surprises Act inquiries, which together total roughly $1.406 billion. Because the enforcement component ($714.4M) is just over 50% of that total, the statement that EBSA recovered more than $1.4 billion in FY2025 with more than half coming from enforcement actions is supported by EBSA’s official figures. Verdict: True — the DOL/EBSA fact sheet provides the cited totals and shows enforcement recoveries exceed half of the reported FY2025 recoveries.
  2. Original article · Jan 30, 2026
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