9th Circuit Lets Stand San Francisco Health Care Ruling
March 10, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals voted to deny a request by business groups for all of the judges to rehear their...
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Court Says Worker Must Prove Coworker Was a Danger
March 10, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut dismissed a case brought by a former employee who says he was fired for...
Burger King Settles on Teen Sexual Harassment Charge
March 10, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Burger King Corporation will pay $85,000 and furnish significant non-monetary relief to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment...
PBGC Takes Over Madoff Victim Pension Fund
March 10, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's private pension insurer on Tuesday took over the pension plan covering 88 former employees of a New York City building service...
High Court Takes on Investment Adviser Fee Dispute
March 9, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's high court has agreed to consider whether the level of fees paid to investment advisers to mutual fund companies can violate...
UTC Captures Strong Legal Victory in Excess Fee Case
March 6, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Another employer hit with a 401(k) excess fee suit has walked off with a decisive victory.
Pension Consultant Provides Fee Restitution to Clients
March 6, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor has reached a settlement agreement with Consulting Services Group (CSG) of Memphis, Tennessee, and its affiliated broker/dealer which...
Court Finds Real Estate Deal Constituted ERISA Breach
March 6, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appellate court has upheld a lower court ruling that a former pension trustee committed a fiduciary breach by undervaluing real estate...
EBSA Announces South Fla. COBRA, HIPAA Seminars
March 5, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) has scheduled four South Florida conferences for plan sponsors about the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA)...
What's Your Take on the Self-Correction Program (SCP)?
March 4, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Joyce Kahn, the Manager of Voluntary Compliance at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), is conducting a short, voluntary, and anonymous survey.
OK Health Care Measure Would Provide Incentives to Businesses
March 4, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Oklahoma House members voted unanimously to approve a measure that would expand the state's Insure Oklahoma program.
Appellate Court Backs IRS 403(b) FICA Ruling
March 3, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR) - The University of Chicago has lost another round in its ongoing legal battle over whether a 403(b) plan sponsor is required to collect...
10th Circuit Rules OK Employees Can Have Guns in Vehicles at Work
March 3, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a lower court decision that an Oklahoma state law that prohibits employers from forbidding...
Court Finds no Support for Fiduciary Breach Claim against Fifth Third
March 3, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio has ruled that retirement plan participants did not prove that Fifth Third Bancorp...
Lawmaker Reintroduces Family-Friendly Workplace Act
March 3, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. House Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Washington) in February reintroduced the Family-Friendly Workplace Act (H.R. 933), a measure that would allow workers to...
Laid-Off Employee's Heart Attack Ruled Job-Related
March 2, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Massachusetts Supreme Court has ruled that an administrative assistant who had a heart attack at home after learning her job was terminated...
Attorney Fees Cannot be Paid with Participants Vested Benefits
February 27, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that a law firm cannot obtain fees from a distribution of retirement plan benefits...
Proposals in President's Budget Aim to Boost Retirement Savings
February 26, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - President Barack Obama's budget blueprint released on Thursday includes proposals for an automatic IRA plan for workers and an expansion of the Saver's...
IRS Posts Added Info about Employer COBRA Tax Break
February 26, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers can get some help in implementing the new rules for getting tax credits to cover their additional COBRA premium payments put in...
Senate Committee Takes Aim at Target-Dates
February 25, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging held a hearing on the economic downturn's effect on retirement security, particularly for those who are...