Compliance

August 28, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) has started its list of approved software for use in electronic filing of Form...

August 28, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland has determined that a furlough plan instituted by Prince George's County in Maryland violated...

August 27, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A long-in-the-making package of pension reform legislation from U.S. Representative Earl Pomeroy (D-North Dakota) continues to move toward formal introduction when Congress reconvenes...

August 27, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A proposed U.S. Senate bill would bar employment discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity.

August 27, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In July, Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski signed into law the Oregon Workplace Religious Freedom Act, according to news reports.

August 24, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal district court has reversed course on Unum Group over its denial of long-term disability benefits.

August 21, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A retirement plan trustee was entitled to invoke safe-harbor protection against fiduciary breach allegations leveled by two 401(k) participants in connection with wrongdoing...

August 21, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) has reached an agreement with Western Union Financial Services Inc. of Englewood, Colorado, to strengthen funding of...

August 21, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued regulations requiring providers, health plans and other entities covered by the Health...

August 21, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New regulations requiring health care providers, health plans, and other entities covered by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) to notify...

August 21, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has announced the availability of video and audio products to help taxpayers take "full advantage of the 2009...

IRS Launches Multimedia Help on ARRA Nevin E. Adams

August 21, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A retirement plan trustee was protected by ERISA's 404(c) safe harbor shield against a lawsuit by two 401(k) participants in connection with wrongdoing...

August 20, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has determined that the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has brought forth enough evidence that...

August 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia has opened the door for transsexuals to pursue federal equal protection claims for...

August 14, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor has sued defunct Vinyl-Mark Products Inc. of Hueytown, Alabama, and the company's pension and profit sharing plan trustees...

August 14, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - JPMorgan Chase & Co. has successfully convinced a federal judge a former employee should be barred from moving forward with allegations the financial...

August 13, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts has dismissed a lawsuit against Scotts Co. brought by an employee fired within two...

August 13, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An epileptic mechanical engineer cannot pursue a lawsuit against his former employer over his disputed Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) eligibility, a...

August 12, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's private-sector pension insurer said Wednesday that it has worked out an agreement with Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. of Findlay, Ohio,...