Compliance

April 28, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Lawmakers on the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee on Tuesday considered the issue of whether the penalties contained in federal law are...

April 28, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York has ruled that JPMorgan Chase & Co. and predecessor banks, including Chemical...

April 28, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Utah Supreme Court has found that Utah law requiring the amount of workers' compensation benefits to be reduced by Social Security benefits...

April 27, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Three federal agencies on Tuesday put out a formal call for public comment about how best to formulate rules governing coverage of mental...

April 28, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - At a meeting with reporters on Friday, Senate Finance Committee Chair Max Baucus (D-Montana) said he will temporarily set aside talks on a...

April 27, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) has announced a term sheet agreement with Daimler AG on what the nation's private pension insurer called...

April 24, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - House Democrats have introduced legislation that they claim would "help the nation's health and safety agencies to hold unscrupulous employers accountable for exposing...

April 24, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Senate Republicans blocked immediate action Thursday morning when a vote was called for on Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius' nomination as Health and Human...

April 24, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Deep inside a state agency funding bill approved by the Minnesota House was a provision that would extend health insurance benefits to domestic...

April 23, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. House lawmakers were urged not to pull apart the existing employer-based health system in the ongoing Congressional health care reform effort.

April 23, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has issued a document on best practices to avoid discrimination against workers with caregiving responsibilities.

April 23, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While Washington once again turned its attention to the topic of 401(k) fees, a new bill designed to close a "statutory loophole" in...

April 23, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Members of the U.S. House GOP's Savings Solutions Group on Wednesday introduced the Savings Recovery Act, a bill designed to "help families protect...

April 22, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee of the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee held a hearing on Wednesday about fee disclosure...

April 21, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors - especially small businesses - in the New Jersey area have an opportunity to learn more about health law.

April 20, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Supreme Court this week will review a major job bias case asking what employers legally may do when a decision to...

April 17, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius has signed legislation allowing certain workers that have lost their jobs to keep their employer-provided health insurance.

April 17, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An employer that issued a former employee an incorrect COBRA election notice, although late, avoided additional statutory penalties for issuing the late notice...

April 17, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire has determined that Tyco International Ltd. cannot use Employee Retirement Income Security Act...

April 17, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois has determined that a health plan document in effect on a dependent's enrollment...