Compliance

March 18, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Declaring that prior reports of its position on the Department of Labor’s (DoL) proposed regulation redefining “fiduciary” were unclear, The American Society of...

March 18, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Employee Benefits Security Administration has extended the enforcement grace period for certain provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act relating...

March 18, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation has announced an agreement with Stahl USA Inc. to improve funding for a pension plan covering more than...

March 18, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal judge in Illinois has awarded the employer in a stock-drop case $50,000 in costs nearly a year after ruling against the...

March 17, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A lesbian federal employee suing over the eligibility for health insurance for a same-sex spouse has lost a round when a federal judge...

March 17, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A Kansas state House committee has turned aside a bill establishing a 401(k)-style plan for new public employees.

March 17, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) will cover the retirement benefits of nearly 800 employees and retirees of Böwe Bell + Howell Co.

March 16, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) has sued a now-defunct company with allegations it walked away from its 401(k) plan without distributing $1.3...

March 16, 2011 (PLANaSPONSOR.com) – A retirement trade group on Wednesday endorsed the CPI for Seniors Act (HR 1086), which would replace the current Consumer Price Index (CPI)...

March 15, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal appellate court has upheld a lower court decision sanctioning the firing of an employee for not properly communicating with his supervisor...

March 15, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation is taking on three pension plans of Erving Industries, Inc., a manufacturer of tissue paper based in Erving,...

March 14, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U. S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration will hold a public forum on April 8, 2011, on the health plan...

March 14, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A lawsuit questioning Macy’s Inc.’s decision to continue offering company stock in its retirement plans following the acquisition of a troubled department store...

March 11, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Two lawmakers have introduced a bill that would repeal the “use it or lose it” aspect of medical flexible spending accounts  (FSA).

March 11, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal judge has granted class certification in a lawsuit filed by Verizon retirees claiming they were involuntarily switched post-retirement to pension plans...

March 10, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The chair of a U.S. House subcommittee said testimony his panel heard at a hearing Thursday supported the notion that the Obama Administration’s...