Compliance

December 9, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Department of Labor (DOL) obtained a court order assigning a new fiduciary for a retirement plan sponsored by an employer in American...

December 9, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Plan sponsors can get their fiduciary responsibility questions answered during a Department of Labor (DOL) seminar in New York City.

December 6, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal court order appointed an independent fiduciary for a Holtsville, New York retirement plan.

December 5, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Department of Labor (DOL) has released informational copies of the new Form 5500.

December 4, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal appellate court has confirmed that General Motors need not continue pension payments made in error to a former employee.

December 4, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The American Society of Pension Professionals and Actuaries (ASPPA) is petitioning regulators for easy-to-apply guidance to add same-gender spouses to qualified retirement plans.

December 4, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Three U.S. senators have reintroduced a bill to address long-term liabilities facing the federal government.

December 3, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) updated the expected retirement age table used to compute benefit values for distressed pension plans facing involuntary...

December 2, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is extending the enrollment deadline for the federally facilitated Small Business Health Options Program...

December 2, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Two United States senators are calling on the U.S. Treasury to address nondiscrimination challenges facing employers that enact soft freezes on qualified defined...

November 27, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Supreme Court will hear two cases relating to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (or ACA), focusing on the issue...

November 26, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Testimony from the executive director of the National Conference on Public Employee Retirement Systems (NCPERS) says that a bill addressing public pension issues...

November 26, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Department of Labor (DOL) has filed a lawsuit against a provider of mental health and drug treatment services, seeking to restore employee...

November 26, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A Brookings, Oregon-based supermarket chain has been ordered to restore assets to its retirement plan.

November 26, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Currently there are five lawsuits questioning the appropriateness of “church plan” status for retirement plans of health care systems or providers.

November 22, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal district court dismissed a class action complaint alleging Chesapeake Energy acted imprudently by offering company stock to retirement plan participants.

November 21, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) will be taking responsibility for the pension plan of Furniture Brands International Inc.

November 20, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Department of Labor (DOL) has filed a lawsuit in U.S. district court to recover plan assets from the fiduciaries of Omni Resources...

November 20, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal appeals court has ruled that certain benefit enhancements adopted within a pension plan are protected accrued benefits under the Employee Retirement Income...

November 19, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal appellate court decided there is enough evidence to remand a case back to district court to decide whether a school board...