Compliance

August 8, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Charles David Snyder, fiduciary to the Cleveland-based Attevo 401(k) retirement plan, has been ordered by a judge to restore $143,481.42 to the plan.

August 7, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal appellate court has determined that certain participants of Anheuser-Busch’s pension plan are due enhanced benefits as a result of actions following...

August 7, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A lower court applied the wrong standard when determining that R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. (RJR) proved its fiduciary breach did not cause losses...

August 6, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A bill awaiting President Barack Obama’s signature would provide extended funding relief for defined benefit (DB) retirement plan sponsors.

August 6, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued a number of private letter rulings finding defined benefit (DB) plan lump-sum windows offered to beneficiaries...

August 5, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A Chicago college refused to hire an adjunct professor for a full-time position because of her age, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...

August 4, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Internal Revenue Service will be hosting a webcast about employer reporting requirements under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA).

August 1, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The complexity of Social Security benefit formulas and insecurity about the program’s solvency make it difficult for individuals to factor it into their...

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.