December 16, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday approved a bill that would extend federal COBRA health coverage cost subsidies for involuntarily terminated employees.
December 16, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Regulators may already be taking a harder look at target-date funds, but it now looks as though Congress will get into...
December 16, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Nebraska Supreme Court has ruled that an employer can be held liable for injuries an employee suffered while walking from a parking...
December 16, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Next month plan sponsors in the Los Angeles, California area will get a chance to better understand their fiduciary responsibilities.
December 15, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Internal Revenue Service has delayed the effective date of guidance on the use of smartcards, debit or credit cards, or other electronic...
December 15, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal court has ruled that a former Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) participant can pursue his claim that plan fiduciaries breached their...
December 15, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – When the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) put about 50 Form 5500 filings to the test recently, the plans filing the annual reports flunked...
December 15, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Supreme Court has denied review of a federal appeals court's ruling that Oneida Ltd. could not discharge during its bankruptcy reorganization...
December 15, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Scott C. Albert, chief, Division of Reporting and Compliance for the Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), said the department expects...
December 14, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Massachusetts' Supreme Judicial Court has ruled that a high school mathematics teacher is entitled to workers compensation benefits for an injury she suffered...
December 14, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal prosecutor has won his fight to conceal emails he sent to his attorney over the government's computers, the National Law Journal...
December 14, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Supreme Court said it will determine how much privacy workers can expect when they send text messages or e-mails from employer...
December 11, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – U.S. House lawmakers on Friday approved a sweeping financial reform measure which would, among other things, require hedge funds to register, beef up...
December 11, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has given plan sponsors more time to adopt plan amendments to implement a variety of Pension Protection Act...
December 11, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Internal Revenue Service has issued guidance on the application of 409A(a) to changes made to nonqualified deferred compensation plans to comply with...
December 10, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Internal Revenue Service is offering a way for 403(b) plan sponsors to feel secure that their plan documents will comply with new...
December 10, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – In an advisory opinion, the U.S. Department of Labor addressed whether investment advisers to the mutual funds underlying target-date funds used in a...
December 9, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Justices at the U.S. Supreme Court have rebuffed requests to take an appeal of a court decision allowing employees with workers compensation claims...
December 9, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal appellate court has breathed new life into a suit brought by a former United Airlines HR analyst who claims she was...
December 9, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The chief of the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) at the U.S. Department of Labor said Wednesday that her agency plans to release...