Compliance

January 13, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has determined that a pension plan must recognize a qualified domestic relations order (QDRO) under Washington...

January 9, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Senator Max Baucus (D-Montana), chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, says Congressional negotiators have "pretty much agreed" to include in their latest economic...

January 9, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled an employee need not present evidence that similarly situated employees received preferential treatment to...

January 9, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana has ruled that the federal government can garnish benefits of Louisiana Sheriff's Pension...

January 9, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Department of Justice (DoJ) has delayed the effective date for regulations that would require federal contractors and subcontractors to use the U.S....

January 9, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An employer bound by a court-approved lawsuit settlement to provide lifetime retiree health benefits could potentially have breached its fiduciary duties by not...

January 9, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. House of Representatives has passed two bills pertaining to pay discrimination that opponents say would increase costs and expose companies to...

January 9, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued Notice 2009-09 which modifies the reporting requirements applicable to required minimum distributions (RMDs) from individual retirement...

January 8, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal district court judge has consolidated lawsuits that have been filed against Bear Stearns Companies Inc. since its collapse last year.

January 8, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new plan by New York Governor David Patterson would mandate employers buying health coverage from commercial insurers to provide dependent benefits up...

January 8, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In Notice 2009-8, the Internal Revenue Service has published guidance on the application of § 457A to nonqualified deferred compensation plans of nonqualified...

January 8, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Drawing a distinction between legal claims to recover pension benefits and those to collect money damages from a pension dispute, a federal judge...

January 6, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - President-elect Barack Obama's economic stimulus plan includes several items with direct employer impact, including an expansion of health care for departing workers and...

January 6, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A U.S. House Democratic leader said the chamber would take up two bills Friday dealing with pay discrimination, including one designed to reverse...

January 7, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) has obtained consent judgments restoring an additional $250,000 to the Georgia Plumbers Trade Association Health Plan in...

January 6, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A former employee of Boston Scientific Corp., who dropped out of a previous lawsuit before it was dismissed, has filed a new lawsuit...

January 5, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) announced an agreement with Visteon Corp. to provide additional protection for the pension plan covering more than...

January 2, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in Ohio has reversed course on a company stock suit filed by former Owens-Corning employees with a new ruling that...

December 31, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Ringing out the old year, today the U. S. Department of Labor (DoL) has unveiled another final regulation.

December 31, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York put a stop to a participant lawsuit alleging a breach of fiduciary...