Compliance

September 24, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), a number of income tax and employment tax provisions provide...

September 23, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A state superior court ruled a city cannot freeze its retiree health care subsidy.

September 23, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Word that the Department of Labor (DOL) is stepping up its enforcement is being backed up by the number of actions being announced.

September 20, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Claims of fraud filed by the Detroit Police and Fire Retirement System have been denied.

September 19, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal appellate court ruled that encouraging an employee to retire did not constitute age discrimination.

September 19, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that withdrawal liability owed by a contractor to a multiemployer pension fund is dischargeable...

September 18, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced new guidance about the impact of the Supreme Court’s decision in United States v. Windsor on...

September 17, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A New York state senator has introduced legislation he says will protect retirees whose pensions have been de-risked.

September 17, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Department of Labor (DOL) wants to know whether its proposal to show lifetime income projections on retirement plan participant statements is a...

September 17, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Assistant Secretary of Labor Phyllis Borzi, with the Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) Employee Benefit Security Administration (EBSA), said it has been engaged in...

September 17, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) will host a phone forum in October about large case audits.

September 16, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – There is no penalty for failing to provide health insurance exchange notices to employees by October 1, according to the U.S. Department of...

September 13, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Department of Labor (DOL) has filed a lawsuit to compel the owners and fiduciaries of an Illinois company to restore funds to...

September 11, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – An Oklahoma property management company has settled a lawsuit initiated by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).

September 11, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Department of Labor (DOL) has filed a lawsuit to replace the fiduciaries of an Illinois profit-sharing plan.

September 11, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC), along with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, recently filed a brief with a federal appellate court in a...

September 10, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Department of Labor (DOL) recently received a judgment from a district court, requiring co-fiduciaries of a Delaware retirement plan to deposit employee...

September 10, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Department of Labor (DOL) will host a two-part webcast this month to assist employers in complying with the Patient Protection and Affordable...

September 9, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has obtained a consent judgment to recover plan assets.

September 9, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Plan sponsors need to remember that an important deadline is approaching, related to the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision on the Defense of...