Compliance

June 8, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) will host a free Webcast Thursday to help plan sponsors and service providers...

June 5, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While the state of Wisconsin won a victory in an American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) legal battle over benefits for same-sex partners of...

June 5, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A bill headed for the desk of Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell would crack down on money managers who carry out schemes to...

June 5, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new Colorado law requires employers to provide nonsupervisory employees with up to 18 hours of annual unpaid leave time per academic year...

June 5, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - By a vote of 258 to 154, the House of Representatives has passed the Paid Parental Leave Bill for the second time in...

June 5, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Ohio Senate has rejected Governor Ted Strickland's proposals that the Insurance Department said would have provided access to affordable health care insurance...

June 4, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A bill signed into law by Florida Governor Charlie Crist establishes a defined contribution program "terror-free" investment option for state employees.

June 4, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois has ruled that Tellabs Inc. and fiduciaries of its retirement plan did not...

June 4, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The New Hampshire legislature approved revisions to a same-sex marriage bill on Wednesday, and Governor John Lynch promptly signed the legislation, the New...

June 4, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Companies with a non-qualified deferred compensation plan (NQDC) under 409A can't make a payment under the plan based on getting government bailout funds.

June 4, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a letter sent Tuesday to Senator Max Baucus (D-Montana), the chairman of the Finance Committee, and Senator Edward Kennedy (D-Massachusetts), the chairman...

June 2, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Class action law firm Keller Rohrback L.L.P on Tuesday announced the settlement of a 2006 challenge to the JPMorgan cash balance plan and...

June 2, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Starbucks, the popular national coffee shop chain, walked away with a legal victory Tuesday when a California appellate court threw out a lower...

June 1, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy (D-Massachusetts) is expected as early as this week to unveil a sweeping health-care reform plan requiring every American to...

June 1, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - General Motors Corp.'s two defined benefit pension plans remain ongoing under GM's sponsorship although the auto giant has entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

June 1, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Oklahoma Supreme Court has ruled an employer's worker's compensation carrier is open to lawsuit for bad faith in a disability coverage dispute.

May 29, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The repayment of a 401(k) loan may be a real debt obligation, but it's not a "necessary expense" for bankruptcy purposes, according to...

May 28, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Faced with an abandonment by the now-defunct electronics retailer Circuit City, the nation's private-sector pension insurer has seized the pension plan governing nearly...

May 28, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued guidance to employers about a Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) extended by the American Recovery and...

May 27, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Washington Governor Christine Gregoire signed into law S.B. 5688, which essentially makes state-registered domestic partnerships the equivalent of marriages.