EEOC Updates Notice to Employees
October 27, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has published a notice revising its "Equal Employment Opportunity is the Law" poster to reflect changes required...
Compliance
Government Plans Get Two-Year Reprieve on NRA Rule
October 28, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has agreed to give governmental plans two more years to comply with final regulations on participant distributions upon...
Target-date Fund Practices Targeted in Senate Hearing
October 28, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Congress once again turned its attention to target-date funds this afternoon.
House Members Introduce Pension Funding Relief Measure
October 27, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. House Representatives Earl Pomeroy (D-North Dakota) and Pat Tiberi (R-Ohio) have introduced a bill to further ease funding requirements for defined benefit...
EBSA Webcast to Address Form 5500 Issues
October 27, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors (and "plan professionals") looking to bone up on the new Form 5500 will have another chance to do so online.
PBGC 2010 Limits Stay Level with 2009
October 27, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) announced Tuesday that its maximum insurance benefit for 2010 is staying the same at $54,000 annually for...
Fed Workers Advised to Speak Up about Harassment
October 26, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com - Federal employees who believe they have been sexually harassed need to report their complaints to the designated agency authority as soon as possible...
Senate Hearing Asks, Are Target-Date Funds Missing the Mark?
October 26, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - This week a Senate committee will once again take up the topic of target-date funds.
Administrative Remedies Need not be Exhausted in Cash Balance Case
October 23, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky has declined to dismiss a case against BP Corporation North America over calculations...
Dirty Joke Emails of Plaintiff Can be Used in Sexual Harassment Case
October 23, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania has ruled that a woman suing her employer for sexual harassment,claiming that her...
Target Dates a "Particular Focus" Says SEC's Shapiro
October 23, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission is taking a hard look at retirement products, including the positioning of target date funds.
EBSA Issues More Guidance on Form 5500 Schedule C
October 23, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) has issued additional guidance in response to questions from plans and service providers on...
Court Moves Forward Claims by Former Employee with Narcolepsy
October 22, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon has denied an employer's motion for summary judgment on a former employee's claims under...
Court Moves Forward Claims by Former Employee with Narcolepsy
October 22, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon has denied an employer's motion for summary judgment on a former employee's claims under...
WA Court Says no Remedy against Employers for Medical Marijuana Users
October 22, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Washington Court of Appeals has held that there was no implied cause of action arising from the Washington State Medical Use of...
Deere & Co. Wins Suit over Retiree Health Benefits Reduction
October 21, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa has ruled that Deere & Co. did not violate the Employee Retirement Income...
Disability Benefits Cutoff Is an ERISA Matter
October 20, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An employee cannot move forward with her state law claims a disability benefit plan administrator conspired with an outside doctor to terminate her...
PBGC Annual Charge Ticks up in 2010
October 19, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Defined benefit sponsors will see their per-participant insurance premiums to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. (PBGC) go up by $1 next year.
Employer Suit in Sham Divorce Pension Scheme Dismissed
October 19, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A civil suit by an employer accusing employees of arranging for sham divorces so the spouses could collect pension benefits while the employees...
Employer's Pattern of Accommodating Workers not Relevant
October 19, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A California state appellate court has ruled that a single incident of an employer failing to accommodate a worker's disability ran afoul of...