Compliance

September 28, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) will take responsibility for pension plans sponsored by Menninger Foundation and its affiliates, Topeka, Kansas-based mental health...

September 26, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has filed an age discrimination lawsuit against several fire departments in New York for denying older...

September 24, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A court has ruled that a third-party administrator (TPA) authorized to pay medical claims on behalf of employers is a fiduciary under the...

September 24, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – 403(b)s have been excused by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) from obtaining certain acknowledgements.

September 21, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal appellate court has ruled that an employer’s failure to keep adequate records shifts the burden of proof to the employer that...

September 21, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) announced that the September 27 phone forum about MAP-21 and changing segment...

September 20, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) launched a website that offers information about fee disclosures to help workers with defined contribution (DC) retirement...

September 19, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Industry groups have recommended to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) a “safe harbor” correction for automatic enrollment failures.

September 18, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal appellate court has ruled trustees of a multi-employer pension plan were not acting as fiduciaries when they amended the plan.

September 14, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) will host a phone forum...

September 6, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Retirement industry groups are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a ruling addressing appropriate equitable relief under the Employee Retirement Income Security...

September 5, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The 6^th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has revived a lawsuit against Fifth Third Bank concerning company stock holdings in its employee retirement...

September 5, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Regulators have defined the meaning of the 90-day waiting period under the Public Health Service Act and how it applies to employee enrollment...

September 4, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal appellate court found a multiemployer pension plan’s determination of a participating employer’s withdrawal liability was excessive.

September 4, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) issued Technical Update 12-1, providing guidance for new regulations regarding PBGC premiums.

September 4, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Revenue Procedure 2012-35, IRB 2012-37, revising the scope of the IRS letter-forwarding program.

August 31, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced its plan phone forum about fixing 403(b) plan mistakes is full.

August 31, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Elmhurst, Illinois-based A.B.D. Tank & Pump Co. has been ordered to restore $2,767,051 to the company’s retirement plan.

August 30, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appellate court has ruled that the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) is not the exclusive remedy for federal employees who...

August 29, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal court has agreed that a Florida county’s wellness program did not violate the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).