Compliance

July 20, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal appellate court has agreed with a district court’s holding that the subsection of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) dealing...

July 19, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – In a live Web chat with Phyllis Borzi, Assistant Secretary of Labor for the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration, an...

July 18, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal judge has denied summary judgment for Kraft in an excessive fee suit.

July 15, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Obama Administration has approved another 39 one-year waivers from the provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

 

July 15, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration is working to finalize its proposed amendment of circumstances under which a person will...

July 15, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The American Society of Pension Professionals and Actuaries (ASPPA) and National Tax Sheltered Accounts Association (NTSAA) have offered input regarding the termination of a...

July 15, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Internal Revenue Service says it is important for 403(b) plan sponsors to annually review the requirements for operating their plans.

July 13, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Department of Labor’s (DoL) Employee Benefits Security Administration has issued a final rule that extends the applicability date for fee disclosure.

July 12, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - National Institute on Retirement Security (NIRS) executive director Diane Oakley testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions that...

July 11, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has proposed a framework to assist states in building insurance exchanges, which will be...

July 11, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A panel at the PLANSPONSOR National Conference discussed 10 things retirement plan sponsors are probably doing wrong as fiduciaries.

July 8, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, will convene a hearing on July 12 at 2:30...

July 7, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In anticipation of the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) issuing its Exposure Drafts outlining new rules for how state and local governments account...

July 6, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A panel at the PLANSPONSOR National Conference in Chicago discussed five things retirement plan sponsors need to know about being a fiduciary.

July 5, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service announced that it has reached an agreement with the Millennium Multiple Employer Welfare Benefit Plan (Millennium Plan).

July 5, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A California state judge has approved a $10.5 million class action settlement in a wage-and-hour lawsuit accusing Aon Corp. units of misclassifying employees.

July 1, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Claims against insurance companies, pension planners, financial advisers, accountants, attorneys, and other professionals who were involved with a company that adopted a pension...

July 1, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has overturned a lower court’s ruling that a disability plan participant cannot sue for benefits because...

July 1, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal court has decided that a top hat plan participant has made adequate allegations of a merger that support her contention that...

July 1, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal court has decided that a top hat plan participant has made adequate allegations of a merger that support her contention that...