Compliance

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...

November 18, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal district court in northern Indiana ruled a retirement plan sponsor must pay nearly $4,500 in penalties for failing to provide historical,...

November 18, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Department of Labor (DOL) won judgment from a federal district court to have funds restored to a retirement plan based in Ayer,...

November 18, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The annual report of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) puts the agency’s deficit at about $36 billion for the 2013 fiscal year.

November 15, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) has requested an extension for collecting termination premium information.

November 15, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC) asked the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to simplify regulations about reporting requirements and health care coverage.

November 15, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Revisions to the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) rules governing contributions to safe harbor 401(k) and 403(b) plans make it easier for struggling companies...

November 11, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Federal regulators have issued a final rule implementing the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act.

November 8, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) reports premiums paid to the federal agency by single-employer retirement plans will increase in 2014.

November 8, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Department of Labor (DOL) is seeking to have funds returned to a retirement plan of a firm based in Cleveland, Ohio.