Compliance

September 16, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - President Barack Obama's American Jobs Act includes provisions that would prohibit discrimination against job applicants on the basis of their unemployment status, Bloomberg...

September 15, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled a worker can sue over a hostile work environment under the Age Discrimination in...

September 15, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Department of Labor earlier this week held a Webcast to summarize its final fee disclosure regulations, and answer questions on the...

September 15, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (D-Vermont) has introduced legislation designed to keep the social security program sound for another 75 years.

September 15, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A lower court in Rhode Island has decided in favor of government worker retirees and indicated the state cannot freeze government pensions, reports...

September 15, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued an extension for plan sponsors impacted by Hurricane Irene to file the annual Form 5500 for...

September 14, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) is providing relief to defined benefit plan sponsors from certain premium penalties and in certain situations involving...

September 14, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A Pennsylvania couple has won a suit in which they challenged the constitutionality of the requirement to maintain minimum essential health care coverage...

 September 14, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals reversed a ruling that allowed John Young,...

 September 13, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Bank of New York Mellon Corp. was accused in a lawsuit by Detroit pensions funds of mishandling their money invested in Lehman Brothers...

September 12, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. District Court for the District of Columba ruled a law firm did not violate the Employee Retirement Income Security Act’s (ERISA)...

September 12, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. District Court for the District of Columba ruled a law firm did not violate the Employee Retirement Income Security Act’s (ERISA)...

September 9, 2011 (PLANPSONSOR.com) – The 3^rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a district court ruling dismissing charges that Unisys Corporation and Fidelity Management Trust Company...

September 8, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. District Court for Northern District of California denied the motion to dismiss two employees’ claims that their employer violated the Employee...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...