Compliance

October 7, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Saying they saw "sufficient evidence of reprehensible or recklessly indifferent conduct" by retailing giant Wal-Mart to support a nearly $2-million verdict in a...

October 7, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An employer's move to reduce its equity holdings and increase fixed income investments in its cash balance pension plan did not represent an...

October 6, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A U.K. political leader is expected to propose that the state retirement age for women and men be increased by 36 months and...

October 5, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Officials from Treasury and the IRS have indicated that the IRS is planning to issue guidance on a number of issues involving Code...

October 5, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky has dismissed claims by retirement plan participants that Humana officials violated their fiduciary...

October 2, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Senate Finance Committee completed the amendment process for its health reform proposal and set a vote for next week.

October 2, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal regulators have issued new rules giving Americans greater protections to shield them from having their genetic information used against them in the...

October 2, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania has ruled that the former spouse of an employee cannot get continued health...

October 1, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Vermont Supreme Court has ruled that an individual supervisor can face charges of discrimination and retaliation under state employment law.

October 1, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has determined that an early retirement incentive program for Fort Lauderdale police officers and firefighters did...

September 30, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Disgraced NFL quarterback Michael D. Vick has agreed to pay $416,461 in restitution to a pension plan sponsored by his company MV7 LLC...

September 29, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A challenged mandatory exam given by an employer to a disabled employee returning from leave may be declared improper after all with a...

September 28, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation is objecting to Philadelphia Newspapers LLC's plan for restructuring after bankruptcy, asking for more details on how the...

September 25, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A move by U.S. Senator John Kerry (D-Massachusetts) to withdraw an amendment to a sweeping health-care reform bill imposing a fee on employers...

September 25, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In guidance released Friday, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has advised defined benefit sponsors that they will be allowed to pick a different...

September 25, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Have a question about electronically filing a Form 5500 report on the Department of Labor (DoL) Web site?

September 24, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's private-sector pension insurer has announced an agreement with a North Carolina apparel maker to bolster its pension plan.

September 24, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) on Thursday provided sponsors with two sample plan amendments to help them implement the one-year waiver of the...

September 24, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An employee does not have to actually begin taking time off under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) to claim illegal employer...

September 23, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Minnesota appellate court has affirmed an unemployment law judge's decision that an employee who took a coworker's coffeemaker was discharged for misconduct...