Compliance

Compliance | September 8th, 2011

Misstatements not Made in ERISA Fiduciary Capacity: Court

September 8, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island has given a mixed ruling to participants alleging breaches of Employee Retirement Income...

Compliance | September 7th, 2011

Regulators Encourage Review of Small Business Health Care Tax Credit

September 7, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As the upcoming filing extension tax deadlines approach, the Internal Revenue Service, in partnership with the Department of Health and Human Services, is...

Compliance | September 7th, 2011

IRS to Focus on Cash Balance Interest Credit Rules

September 7, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The IRS' 2011-2012 Priority Guidance Plan says developing final regulations on acceptable ways that employers can add interest to employees' cash balance pension...

Compliance | September 7th, 2011

EBSA to Hold Webcast on Participant Fee Disclosure

September 7, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - To help plan fiduciaries and their service providers, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefit Security Administration (EBSA) is providing a Webcast on...

Compliance | September 5th, 2011

Court Dismisses Claims over Differing Treatment of Delphi Retirees

September 6, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal court has dismissed the portion of a lawsuit by salaried workers and retirees from auto parts supplier Delphi Automotive PLC that...

Compliance | September 5th, 2011

Spouse of Worker Found Dead in Home Office Denied Benefits

September 6, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Pennsylvania appellate court has ruled the spouse of a sales manager who died several days after being found unresponsive in his home...

Compliance | September 2nd, 2011

COBRA Premium Subsidy Could Run Past 08/31: DoL

September 2, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Plan sponsors that thought the COBRA premium subsidy ran out August 31 may have to keep up with things a...

Compliance | September 2nd, 2011

IRS Updates List of Nonbank Trustees and Custodians for Tax-Advantaged Accounts

September 2, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Internal Revenue Service has updated its list of entities approved to serve as nonbank trustees or custodians for certain...

Compliance | September 2nd, 2011

Appeals Court Dismisses Pension Fund’s Suit Against American Express

September 2, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal appeals court has dismissed a putative class action lawsuit against American Express Co., and its top two officers by a pension...

Compliance | September 2nd, 2011

Appeals Court Dismisses Pension Fund’s Suit Against American Express

September 2, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal appeals court has dismissed a putative class action lawsuit against American Express Co., and its top two officers by a pension...

Compliance | August 31st, 2011

DoL Sues Trustees over Plan Loan Violations

August 31, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor has sued trustees of a benefit fund for violating the Employee Retirement Income Security Act with respect to...