Compliance

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) - 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 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 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) - 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...

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

April 14, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - A federal appellate court has sent back for more hearings a suit filed by disabled employees of Great-West Life & Annuity Co., charging...

April 14, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - As PLANSPONSOR's 2nd annual 403(b) Summit was opening, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) unveiled the next step in the tax agency's efforts to...

April 14, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service has published some sample prototype 403(b) language - and wants to know what you think.

April 13, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appellate court has thrown out a lower court decision in favor of Ameriprise Financial in a dispute over whether its fund...

April 13, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - This is the week when the nation turns its attention to taxes - and the Internal Revenue Service turns its attention to tax...

April 10, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Utah's Supreme Court found employers and insurers can apportion workers compensation medical expenses to pay only for the portion of an injury related...

April 9, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appellate court has refused to invalidate a plan by AK Steel Corp. to establish a $663-million voluntary employees' beneficiary association (VEBA)...

April 9, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New legislation in Connecticut would require all hedge funds in the state to obtain a state-issued license and conduct an annual independent audit.