Compliance

September 19, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Falling in line with a U.S. Supreme Court ruling earlier this year, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed its earlier decision...

September 18, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), the nation's private-sector pension insurer, has assumed responsibility for the pension plan that covers about 760 former...

September 17, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Five ballot initiatives on Colorado's November general election ballot could have a substantial impact on employers in the state, according to a client...

September 17, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) on Wednesday announced it had decided to relax previously announced restrictions on how the agency would issue opinion...

September 16, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Congressional watchdog agency has recommended the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) simplify its IRA rules so more people can take advantage of the...

September 12, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Coca-Cola Company acted reasonably in reducing participants' long-term disability (LTD) benefits based on...

September 12, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Tennessee Supreme Court has ruled that the family of a young woman who died from an asbestos-related illness that she allegedly contracted...

September 11, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Senate unanimously approved the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008 during a Thursday session.

September 10, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A New Jersey appellate court has affirmed dismissal of fraud charges against advisers who recommended that a firm join a multiemployer welfare benefit...

September 10, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) has announced additional sessions of its compliance workshops.

September 5, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor's Employment Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) will provide a free workshop this month to help small businesses, employers, employee...

September 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A New Jersey appellate court has concluded that a former employee who kept personal files on computers owned by his former employer had...

September 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Faced with overseeing a class action lawsuit that could have represented as many as 57,000 401(k) plans at the Principal Financial Group, a...

September 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Services has issued Notice 2008-73 expanding transitional relief on some funding requirements for certain small pension plans.

September 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appellate court, agreeing with a lower court ruling, asserted that an employer was within its legal bounds when it gave pension...

September 2, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that a former employee who claimed to be unaware of an arbitration clause in...

September 2, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in Illinois has ruled that a Verizon Communications cash balance plan administrative committee should have gone to court to resolve...

August 29, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has concluded that Lucent Technologies did not violate the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) when...

August 28, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York has ruled that an employer does not owe back pay and benefits...

August 22, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Staples office supply company has been cleared of wrongdoing in refusing to allow an ex-employee the right to exercise his stock options...