Legislator Introduces Health Care Bill
August 1, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Representative Reid Ribble (R-Wisconsin) has introduced H.R. 2662, The Health Equity Act of 2011.
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Employer Can’t Get Back Medical Expenses for Employee not on FMLA Leave
July 29, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A court has found that an employer has no stop-loss coverage for the medical expenses of an employee that was not on Family...
Court Finds Plan Amendment not Adopted per Plan Rules Invalid
July 29, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A court has found that a defined contribution plan amendment liquidating two investment options was invalid because the sponsor did not follow amendment...
PBGC Removes Regulation on Disclosure to Participants
July 29, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation has issued a final rule removing its regulation on Disclosure to Participants.
Dillards Tries to Block Unemployment Benefits for Hot Dog “Thief”
July 29, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Court of Appeals of Indiana has reversed a Review Board’s decision that Nolan Koewler is disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because...
NC Hospital Settles Health Benefits Suit
July 29, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - N.C. Baptist Hospital will pay nearly $5.4 million to settle a federal lawsuit that accused MedCost, its group health plan, of requiring employees...
PBGC Takes on Pensions of Alabama Aircraft Industries
July 29, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation will pay the retirement benefits of more than 3,000 workers and retirees of the bankrupt airplane maintenance firm,...
ASPPA Clarifies Stance of Definition of Fiduciary Proposal
July 28, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In light of recent statements regarding its position on the proposed definition of fiduciary regulation, the American Society of Pension Professionals & Actuaries...
Law Center Takes Health Care Challenge to Supreme Court
July 28, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Thomas More Law Center announced it has filed a petition in the U. S. Supreme Court, asking the high court to review...
Denial of Federal Benefits for Same-Sex Couple Ruled Unlawful
July 28, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal court has ruled that the denial of health care benefits to the same-sex partner of a U.S. District of Oregon court...
Court Upholds Decision to Terminate LTD Benefits
July 28, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal court judge has ruled that a plan administrator did not abuse its discretion in finding that an employee diagnosed with carpal...
Court Finds for Whirlpool in Retiree Benefits Suit
July 27, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal judge has ruled in favor of Whirlpool in a lawsuit over modifying retiree medical benefits.
Attorneys Support New Proposal for Fiduciary Definition Change
July 26, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Legislators have suggested that the U.S. Department of Labor re-propose its change to the definition of fiduciary and include more economic analysis.
Borzi Makes Case for Fiduciary Definition Change
July 26, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Phyllis C. Borzi, Assistant Secretary of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration, told legislators it is imperative that good, impartial investment advice be accessible...
ASPPA Supports Treasury’s Plan for Reducing Regulatory Burdens
July 26, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – In a letter commenting on the Department of the Treasury’s Preliminary Plan for Retroactive Analysis of Existing Rules, the American Society of Pension...
ASPPA Urges Relief for 403(b)s Falling out of ERISA Safe Harbor
July 26, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As a result of new Internal Revenue Service 403(b) regulations many organizations, acting in good faith, adopted practices or took actions which now...
Court Finds Voicemail Adequate Notification of Work-Related Injury
July 22, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled that an injured worker’s voicemail and other communications showed that she adequately notified her employer of her...
ASPPA Speaks out against Retirement Measures in Budget Proposal
July 21, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Brian H. Graff, executive director and CEO of The American Society of Pension Professionals & Actuaries (ASPPA) has responded to the budget proposal...
Senator Introduces Parental Bereavement Act
July 21, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Senator Jon Tester (D-Montana) has introduced a bill that would allow parents grieving the death of a child to receive up to 12...
Pension Rights Center Urges Support for Change to Fiduciary Definition
July 20, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – In a letter to Congress, the Pension Rights Center urged legislators to support the Department of Labor’s proposed regulation defining the term "fiduciary”...