Compliance

December 13, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Low- and moderate-income workers can take steps now to save for retirement and earn a special tax...

December 12, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A lawsuit filed by cash balance plan participants can move forward as a class action even though claims among the more than 4,000...

December 11, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Bay State Milling did not hire a man for a miller position in its Florida plant because of his age, the U.S. Equal...

December 11, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Department of Labor’s (DOL's) Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) proposed a rule to help Chapter 7 bankruptcy trustees distribute retirement plan assets.

December 11, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently released proposed revisions to Form 5300, the Application for Determination for Employee Benefit Plan, and its instructions.

December 7, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A group of U.S. senators introduced a resolution recognizing the importance of current incentives for retirement savings.

December 7, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal district court has rejected the attempt by Verizon retirees to stop the transfer of certain Verizon pension obligations to Prudential.

December 7, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has filed a lawsuit to recover losses suffered by participants in the Rembar Inc. employee stock ownership...

December 6, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The founder and president of the National Association of Special Police and Security Officers (NASPSO) was convicted of 18...

December 5, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A retirement plan participant’s claim to benefits was not forfeited when the plan paid his account to his ex-wife, a court ruled.

December 4, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Regulators released advance informational copies of the 2012 Form 5500 annual return/report and related instructions.

December 4, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to review a stock drop case brought by General Motors Co. retirement plan participants against State Street.

December 4, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The American Society of Pension Professionals & Actuaries (ASPPA) asked the IRS to issue gui

November 30, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The IRS is holding a phone forum to discuss relaxed hardship and loan rules for victims of Hurricane Sandy.

November 30, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A group of pensioners is seeking an injunction to halt the proposed transfer of $7.5 billion in Verizon pension obligations to Prudential.

November 29, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) filed a lawsuit to recover losses by participants in an employee stock ownership (ESOP) plan.

November 28, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – An employer is not guaranteed a refund of overpayments mistakenly made to a multiemployer plan. 

November 27, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The PBGC announced that the yearly maximum guaranteed benefit for a 65-year-old retiree will increase in 2013.

November 26, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Supreme Court granted a petition to rehear a case challenging the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA).

November 21, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Department of Labor (DOL) issued compliance information for employee benefit plans adversely affected by Hurricane Sandy.