Compliance

August 1, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) will host a defined benefit plan termination webinar on August 14 at 2 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.

July 30, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC) is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a federal court ruling that one company’s collectively bargained retiree...

July 30, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Annual filings always bring a swirl of activity, and July 31 is no different. It also brings a cloud of confusion for plan...

July 29, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) is taking over the pension plans sponsored by the estate of a businessman whose business activities were...

July 29, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) will conduct a webcast for small businesses and their retirement benefit services providers on...

July 25, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal district court in California has granted a motion for partial summary judgment against an employer in a widely followed “church plan”...

July 25, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Two court cases filed this week by retirement plan participants claim their employers’ retirement benefits programs have been inappropriately exempted from ERISA rules...

July 24, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) announced that there will be two upcoming health benefits law compliance assistance seminars.

July 24, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Senate’s Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee advanced a bill seeking to better define rules for protecting pension assets when companies...

July 23, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – New Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rule amendments establish structural and operational reforms aimed at addressing “run risks” in money market funds.

July 22, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Choosing the right share class needs careful consideration as the Department of Labor (DOL) is paying more attention to investment menu options.

July 21, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new state law calls for members of the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) board of administration to receive investment-related training.

July 16, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal appeals court has revived a stock drop case, filed against oil company BP Plc, based on a new precedent set by...

July 15, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Several proposed tax reforms would restructure how retirement vehicles are taxed and could negatively impact retirement plans in a number of ways.

July 14, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) will be presenting a free webinar about the impact of new health care benefits law on state and...

July 14, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Retirement plan sponsors should become familiar with laws covering employees who have served, or are serving, in the military to ensure compliance with...

July 11, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – About 30 investment firms and other parties responded to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s latest call for comments about a still-pending 2010 proposal...

July 9, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – “You can’t guarantee yourself a win,” says employee benefits lawyer David Weiner, describing claims appeals and litigation involving missing retirement plan participants, “but...

July 9, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Department of Labor (DOL) wants to ensure that plan fiduciaries fully understand fee information they receive.

July 9, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has moved back the date of a phone forum on same-gender couples and retirement plans to July 17.