Compliance

January 28, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration has released to the public online datasets of Form 5500 annual report/returns for approximately...

January 28, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. Senator Russ Feingold (D-Wisconsin) has introduced legislation creating a temporary jobs tax credit over the next two years for businesses that hire...

January 28, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal judge in Illinois has turned away allegations by 401(k) participants at Kraft Foods Global that recordkeeping fees paid to Hewitt Associates...

January 28, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal court judge has given preliminary approval to a partial settlement in a lawsuit accusing Hartford Life Insurance Co. and Neuberger Berman...

January 27, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has adopted new rules to better protect money market fund investors.

January 26, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal appellate court has ruled that a female hotel front-desk clerk who was fired by a hotel chain after being told she...

January 25, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Illinois Supreme Court has reinstated workers' compensation benefits for an employee terminated for misconduct not related to his injury.

January 22, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal court has refused to dismiss a claim by a Jersey Construction employee that he was fired for pursuing health benefits for...

January 22, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com)–A federal judge in New Jersey has ruled that a man convicted for his wife’s death in a murder-for-hire scheme should not be entitled to...

January 22, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal appeals court has reinstated a female employee's claim of a hostile work environment.

January 20, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Internal Revenue Service has provided guidance in the form of questions and answers with respect to certain provisions of the Heroes Earnings...

January 20, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Internal Revenue Service has updated its Website to answer questions on the extension of COBRA premium subsidies for former employees.

January 20, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Department of Labor has announced the availability of new model notices and that it will host a Webcast on the COBRA...

January 19, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A closely watched case involving the dismissal of a lawsuit alleging excessive 401(k) fees by Deere & Co. won’t get a hearing before...

January 15, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A New Jersey appellate court has ruled that injuries a foreman plumber suffered while driving for coffee arose in the course of his...

January 15, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com)–A U.S. Senate committee has scheduled a January 20 hearing on the Obama Administration’s nomination of Joshua Gotbaum as director of the Pension Benefit Guaranty...

January 15, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com)–A Department of Labor (DoL) administrative law judge has rejected the appeal by a 401(k) plan administrator of an $86,500 civil penalty, ruling the administrator’s...

January 15, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A former retirement plan participant claiming he was terminated to prevent him from becoming vested in the plan has made his complaint too...

January 15, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com)–A federal judge in Massachusetts has rejected claims that a deceased 401(k) participant’s plan balance should have been paid to his estate instead of to...

January 14, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) will host a free Webcast January 21 at 1:00 p.m. on 2009 Form...