Compliance

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...

October 26, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - This week a Senate committee will once again take up the topic of target-date funds.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

October 16, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Montana Supreme Court has upheld a $21.4 million award in a case filed by 15 retired Montana Power Co. executives whose supplemental...

October 16, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has let stand its previous decision that "unwritten purely verbal complaints" are not protected from employer...

October 16, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in Massachusetts has ruled that a third-party administrator (TPA) for two health plans cannot be blamed as a "functional fiduciary"...

October 15, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Social Security Administration announced there will be no cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) in 2010 for monthly social security and supplemental security income (SSI)...

October 15, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service has announced cost of living adjustments applicable to dollar limitations for pension plans and other items for Tax Year...

October 15, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In the wake of a Congressional bill giving state and local governments authority to divest assets or bar investment in Sudan-connected companies, a...