Compliance

February 25, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U. S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) reported monetary results of $1.36 billion in fiscal year 2009 for retirement,...

February 25, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new bill being put together by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada) would extend the COBRA premium subsidy for laid-off workers and...

February 23, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday clarified the definition of a company's "principal place of business" for the purpose of determining the venue...

February 23, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Supreme Court has let stand a federal court's decision that an employer may define normal retirement age using years of service...

February 23, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Supreme Court has denied a petition to decide whether Unisys Corp. breached its fiduciary duties by telling a dozen former workers...

February 22, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Obama administration has released a new health care reform proposal that bumps up an assessment that would be imposed on employers with...

February 22, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U. S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) has issued new guidance for 403(b) plans subject to new Form 5500...

February 22, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Utah Senate has passed legislation that would replace the state's defined benefit pension plan for public employees hired after July 1, 2011.

February 22, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Illinois Supreme Court has ruled that former Governor George Ryan will get none of his state pension.

February 19, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Pennsylvania benefit plan third-party administrator breached its fiduciary duties by overpaying three medical claims, a federal judge in New Jersey has ruled.

February 19, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal court has found that an employer owed no fiduciary or recording obligations under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) for...

February 19, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Missouri lawmakers are considering a bill that would give the state auditor legal authority to monitor state pension systems.

February 19, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An Internal Revenue Service (IRS) official said the agency has set April 1 as its target date for launching an opinion letter program...

February 18, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A year after a highly publicized attack by a crazed chimpanzee in Stamford, Connecticut, a state lawmaker wants to allow workers’ compensation benefits...

February 17, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A Colorado House committee has approved legislation restricting video surveillance by insurers and self-insured employers of employees who have filed a workers compensation...

February 17, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The South Carolina Supreme Court has ruled that a seasonal worker who suffered a fractured ankle while living in an employer-provided tin-roofed barracks...

February 17, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Law Offices of Howard G. Smith has announced it is investigating potential claims of Employee Retirement Income Security Act violations against Toyota...

February 16, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A former Dunkin’ Donuts executive charges in a lawsuit that the Canton, Massachusetts-based chain bad mouthed him to other potential employers to the...

February 13, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) will hold two free half-day workshops next week.

February 12, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada) has chopped in half a broad package of business incentives and aid for the jobless that included...