Compliance

October 15, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. (PBGC) has issued certain instructions for ensuring premium payments are received and posted accurately.

October 13, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Another federal appeals court has ruled employers may eliminate retirement plan transfer provisions allowing employees to move assets from a defined contribution plan...

October 10, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Spartanburg, South Carolina-based Atchison Transportation Services has settled an age discrimination charge by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).

October 9, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS), Labor (DOL) and the Treasury have issued final rules about benefits that may be exempt...

October 9, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Participants in the Citigroup 401(k) plan can move forward with their claims plan fiduciaries violated the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) by...

October 6, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to review parts of Tibble v. Edison International could have broad ramifications for plan sponsors and fiduciaries of...

October 6, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is charging another company with violating the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by its wellness program practices.

October 3, 2014 – (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The premise behind having required minimum distributions (RMDs) is that Congress wants the RMD’s primary purpose to be for retirement, not a...

October 3, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has announced updated Web pages, checklists and fix-it guides to aid employers in operating their plans and correcting...

October 2, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The law firm of Schlichter, Bogard & Denton says the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to review the closely followed 401(k) fee litigation...

October 2, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - John Hancock has ultimately been found not to be a fiduciary in a case alleging it charged excessive fees for investments offered in...

October 1, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued final regulations relating to the requirements for filing certain employee retirement benefit plan statements, returns, and reports...

September 29, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) proposed a regulation that would require electronic filing of “top hat” plan...

September 29, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued a notice regarding measurement methods for determining whether an employee is a full-time employee under the...

September 29, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) is requesting that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approve a revised collection of information under...

September 25, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has added to the list of events for which employer health plan participants can change their coverage election...

September 24, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) will pay retirement benefits for nearly 2,000 current and future retirees of James River Coal Company.

September 24, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Sponsors of hybrid retirement plans for employees now have clarity about how to credit interest to these plans.

September 22, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Making sure valuations are correct, addressing multiemployer plan problems and providing relief for closed plans were among suggestions made by witnesses for a...

September 22, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Retirement plans with more than 100 employees eligible to participate must include a plan audit with their annual Form 5500 filing to the...