Compliance

April 17, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Department of Labor is co-sponsoring a webcast to provide financial education for younger workers and college seniors.

April 17, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Department of Labor is co-sponsoring a webcast to provide financial education for younger workers and college seniors.

April 17, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) will be conducting a phone forum to discuss key provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that are...

April 17, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The ERISA Advisory Council recommended steps the Department of Labor (DOL) should take to improve the beneficiary designation process.

April 16, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Supreme Court has decided that a health plan can recover benefits paid when an employee is reimbursed by a third party,...

April 16, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A former employee of Dignity Health, a California-based health care provider, has filed a complaint regarding its pension plans.

April 16, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) added a new project to its agenda.

April 12, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Since the release of the proposed fiscal year 2014 budget by President Barack Obama, there have been differing opinions on how retirement-related provisions...

April 12, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal court has remanded a case filed by an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) participant back to state court as a shareholder...

April 12, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal court has remanded a case filed by an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) participant back to state court as a shareholder...

April 11, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A provision in President Obama’s Fiscal Year 2014 budget that pertains to employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs) could result in a disincentive for...

April 10, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) fiscal year 2014 budget request mainly focuses on continued investments in training and resources for job seekers.

April 10, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Western Energy Services of Durango, Inc. (WESODI) agreed to pay $90,000 and furnish other relief to settle an age discrimination lawsuit.

April 10, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) has proposed amendments to IAS 19, Employee Benefits.

April 9, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – An appeals court recently affirmed a previous award of unpaid pension benefits, but reversed the pre-judgment interest, claiming it is inadequate.

April 8, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal appellate court denied the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation’s (PBGC’s) attempt to recover retirement plan losses from Morgan Stanley.

April 8, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A domestic relations order (DRO) cannot be qualified under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) once the participant's account is in pay...

April 4, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A court ruled that a company’s officers are not fiduciaries to a multiemployer plan and thus not liable for unpaid contributions. 

April 3, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Towns in New York have settled charges of discrimination in pension plan offerings filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).

April 3, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) announced a new proposal that will reduce reporting requirements for more than 90% of companies and pension...