Compliance

April 13, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal court has dismissed a lawsuit which alleged that financial incentives to participate in a voluntary wellness program as part of a...

April 13, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has entered a consent decree requiring the Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) to pay $467,165 to resolve an age...

April 12, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The last-minute agreement reached last week on funding the government through the end of the fiscal year rolls back two provisions in the...

April 12, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The now-Democratic Missouri Attorney General has filed a friend-of-the-court brief supporting 26 states’ challenge that the individual mandate in the new health care...

April 11, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal appellate court has thrown out a lower court’s decision in favor of an excessive retirement plan fee  lawsuit and sent the...

April 8, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The American Society of Pension Professionals and Actuaries (ASPPA) recommends that the Department of Labor (DoL) issue regulatory guidance to allow 403(b) contracts...

April 8, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal appellate court has ruled that a University medical center used the correct compensation for determining retirement plan benefits due employees, even...

April 7, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – South Carolina legislators have joined other state lawmakers in passing legislation to exempt employees’ adult child health coverage from state taxes.

April 6, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal appellate court has found that the firing of a Wal-Mart employee who chastised a co-worker for being lesbian was not religious...

April 6, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor is soliciting public comments to assist in determining whether and possibly how to expand or modify current rules...

April 6, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Senate has voted to rescind the Form 1099 tax reporting provision included in last year's health care reform law.

April 5, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has revived a discrimination lawsuit against Raytheon company.

April 4, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation is asking for help in identifying regulations for possible modification, streamlining, or repeal.

April 4, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal judge in Colorado has turned aside an employer’s demand that its lawyers be paid $1.5 million in fees for litigating a...

April 4, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland has ruled that the presumption of prudence is not enough to dismiss claims a...

April 4, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Another court has used the “presumption of prudence” standard to rule for the employer in a case where participants allege a breach of...

April 4, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal judge in Kentucky has ruled that cash balance plan participants waited too long before filing amended legal claims challenging their plan's...

April 1, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A House committee has approved a bill under which employees no longer could receive tax-free reimbursement from their flexible spending accounts or health...

April 1, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that, due to the overwhelming response, the Early Retiree Reinsurance Program will no longer...

April 1, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) has issued its sixth set of answers to “frequently asked questions” (FAQs) about the...