Compliance

May 26, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service has, in Notice 2009-48, set limits on expenses for employer-owned life insurance that policyholders can deduct from their gross...

May 26, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld Proposition 8, the voter-approved law restoring a ban on same-sex marriages, but left intact the more...

May 26, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) announced it will take responsibility for the underfunded pension plan covering 532 workers and retirees of Contech...

May 26, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans (also known as the ERISA Advisory Council) will meet June 11 in Washington...

May 22, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have provided more information regarding a...

May 15, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - After tweaking their standard for how federal judges should handle employee benefits denial cases involving a conflicted plan administrator, federal appellate judges have...

May 21, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - North Dakota plan sponsors looking to bone up on health benefits laws will soon have an opportunity.

May 21, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor has announced the appeal process individuals can use if they are denied a premium subsidy for their group...

May 21, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. Senators Tom Coburn, (R-Oklahoma) and Richard Burr (R-North Carolina) and U.S. Representatives Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin) and Devin Nunes (R-California) introduced health care...

May 21, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) has announced publication of a notice further extending the applicability and effective dates...

May 20, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - "The major future issue for PBGC is what happens to defined benefit plans."

May 20, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers around the country are facing an increasing amount of litigation from on-call employees who claim companies are restricting their freedom too much...

May 20, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As the current economic downturn weighs on the nation's pension plans, a Senate Committee plans to examine what it means to the nation's...

May 20, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Charles E.F. Millard, the former head of the nation's private pension plan insurer, refused to answer questions by the Senate Special Committee on...

May 20, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Washington Governor Chris Gregoire has approved a bill delaying by three years implementation of a 2007 law giving employees up to five weeks...

May 19, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (D-Connecticut) has introduced the Healthy Families Act, which would provide paid sick days to nearly all American workers.

May 19, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's private-sector pension insurer has taken responsibility for two pension plans covering about 4,300 workers and retirees of Lenox Group Inc., a...

May 19, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that a Missouri employer did not adequately justify a significant pay differential between a...

May 19, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Lawyers representing plaintiffs alleging a fiduciary breach in the operation of the RadioShack 401(k) have asked a federal judge to certify the suit...

May 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participants who are undergoing specific financial hardships would get some relief on 401(k) penalties under new legislation.