Compliance

May 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled for the employer in a closely watched discrimination case over retroactive pension rights under the Pregnancy Discrimination...

May 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Pennsylvania Governor Edward Rendell is expected to sign a bill extending health care coverage under a parent's policy for dependent children up to...

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

May 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service has proposed rules that would permit employers affected by substantial business hardship to decide mid-year to reduce or suspend...

May 15, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) and LandAmerica Financial Group Inc. of Glen Allen, Virginia, have announced an agreement to protect the company's...

May 15, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers who have relied on corporate owned life insurance (COLI) to fund either non-qualified deferred compensation benefits or other post retirement benefits not...

May 15, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has ruled that an arrangement under which employees could give up the right to get retiree health benefits...

May 15, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service has provided the 2010 inflation-adjusted amounts for Health Savings Plans (HSAs).

May 14, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The former head of the nation's private pension plan insurer is drawing fire over his interactions with financial services firms during a period...

May 14, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers facing a potential defamation suit from an employee can't necessarily hide behind a qualified privilege by saying they thought the disputed statement...

May 14, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Supreme Court has turned aside a request to review a 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling finding that an employer...

May 14, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has put out new withholding adjustment procedures for pension plans - to make sure those receiving pensions are...

May 14, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California Court of Appeal has ruled that an employer did not necessarily waive its right to arbitrate workplace claims by participating in...

May 13, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fresh from efforts to regulate compensation practices at financial services firms receiving federal bailout money, Obama administration officials are reportedly now pondering ways...

May 13, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) announced an agreement that will preserve a pension plan covering 3,800 workers and retirees at Wyoming Valley...

May 13. 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Senate Finance Committee held a hearing on financing health care reform - and the current deductions for employer-sponsored programs are on the...

May 12, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) and the Securities and Exchange Commission will jointly hold a one-day hearing on...

May 12, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in Oregon has cleared an employer of wrongdoing in connection with allegations a former employee was fired in an effort...

May 12, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As lawmakers continued Tuesday to ponder how to reform the nation's health-care delivery system, one witness called for a "properly designed" limit on...

May 11, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's private-sector pension insurer has moved to assume responsibility for the underfunded pension plan covering 9,600 employees and retirees of LandAmerica Financial...