Compliance

April 19, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has named a heavy hitter to head a new consumer financial education initiative.

April 16, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A Florida man was convicted by a Detroit federal court jury of charges that he embezzled more than $5.3 million from more than...

April 16, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The state of Oregon’s highest court has held that employers are under no legal obligation under state law to hire a medical marijuana...

April 16, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – President Obama has signed into law a measure extending the 65%, 15-month COBRA premium subsidy to workers involuntarily terminated through May 31.

April 15, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Beverly Enterprises has agreed to settle for $6.25 million claims that it caused its 401(k) plan to incur excessive fees.

April 15, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee has scrapped plans to hold a hearing on a provision in the health care reform law...

April 14, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division has announced it will no longer publish opinion letters to provide fact-specific guidance to employers...

April 14, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The New Jersey Supreme Court has ruled that Marina Stengart was justified in expecting that e-mails she exchanged with her lawyer via a...

April 14, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. House was slated to vote Wednesday on legislation providing that employer-provided cell phones not be treated by the Internal Revenue Service...

April 14, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A plan's review committee did not abuse its discretion when it denied a participant's request to change the beneficiary of his qualified joint...

April 14, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal judge in Indiana has granted final approval to an estimated $180-million settlement between Rohm & Haas and about 18,000 participants who...

April 14, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. District Court of the District of Massachusetts has dismissed charges that State Street violated the Employee Retirement Income Security Act by...

April 12, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Department of Health and Human Services says application forms will be ready in June for a new, temporary federal program, in which...

April 12, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A female truck driver for Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. who claims she was fired due to a discriminatory belief that women are incapable...

April 12, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A recent ruling by a federal court could mean the Internal Revenue Service owes companies, and their laid off workers, a tax refund...

April 12, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal court judge has found the Minnesota Department of Corrections violated federal age discrimination law by maintaining an early retirement incentive plan...

April 9, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A former Comcast Corp. employee is qualified to serve as a class representative in a stock drop lawsuit against Comcast Corp., a federal...

April 9, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal judge in Georgia has thrown out claims by 401(k) participants that Beazer Homes USA breached its fiduciary duties by offering company...

April 9, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal court judge has certified as a class action a lawsuit against Wells Fargo over offering mutual funds from one of its...

April 9, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal court has dismissed claims that PricewaterhouseCoopers knowingly participated in a violation of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act anti-cutback rule by...