Compliance

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 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...

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.

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) - Have a question about electronically filing a Form 5500 report on the Department of Labor (DoL) Web site?

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 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 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 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...

September 23, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hitachi America's former HR director has been sentenced to a 57-month jail term in connection with his guilty plea to charges he defrauded...

September 22, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Members of the U.S. Senate's Finance Committee continue to plough their way through 564 amendments to a proposed health-care reform measure, including one...

September 22, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A New York Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives has introduced a measure that would repeal the controversial Defense of Marriage Act...

September 21, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appellate court has upheld a lower court ruling that a Nevada residential addiction treatment center did not prove a former employee...

September 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has approved a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) revising its regulations to conform to changes made...

September 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - When it comes to employee benefit plans, there's a new sheriff in town.