Compliance

August 20, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) has assumed responsibility for the underfunded pension plan covering more than 1,000 former workers and retirees of...

August 20, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – An Ohio appellate court has ruled that a worker fired for misconduct can continue to receive temporary total disability payments granted after a...

August 19, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Retired Briggs & Stratton employees have sued the company, alleging it went against its word by dropping or reducing retiree health benefits.

August 18, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) and the Nebraska Department of Insurance will co-host a free health law compliance assistance...

August 18, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that an agreement between California grocers to share profits during a union strike violated...

August 18, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal appellate court has breathed new life into a gender discrimination lawsuit by a female field technician for Verizon Communications who claimed...

August 18, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge has ordered Visteon Corp. to reinstate health and life insurance benefits to retirees.

August 17, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal court has found that State Street Bank and Trust and State Street Global Advisors did not breach its fiduciary duties to...

August 17, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) has assumed responsibility for the underfunded pension plan covering more than 1,100 workers and retirees of News-Journal...

August 16, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – New Federal Reserve regulations exempting most plan loans from federal Truth in Lending Act (TILA) disclosure requirements became effective in July.

August 16, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Beginning with returns for the 2009 plan year, the Schedule SSA has been eliminated as a schedule of the Form 5500 annual return/report...

August 13, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – An appellate court in Pennsylvania has found that an investigator who videotaped a workers’ compensation claimant while he was praying did not invade...

August 12, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal judge has given final approval to a $16.5-million settlement of an excessive 401(k) fee suit against Caterpillar, Inc.

August 12, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal appellate court has ruled that a former welder can pursue claims that her employer discriminated against her because she became pregnant.

August 12, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) has assumed responsibility for seven plans covering almost 2,360 workers and retirees of the Chicago Sun-Times.

August 11, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Massachusetts Congressman Richard E. Neal has introduced the Automatic IRA Act of 2010 in the U.S. House of Representatives.