Compliance

August 22, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Wyoming State Supreme Court has decided that an employee's education and training level, and not just total incapacitation, can cause the worker...

August 21, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Labor Department's advice proposal drew a quick - and harsh - assessment from Congressman George Miller (D-California).

August 20, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a continuing trend of federal court rulings backing cash balance plans, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled the plans...

August 21, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Two proposed regulations released Thursday from the Department of Labor (DoL) include a model for advisers to satisfy the fee disclosure requirement for...

August 21, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the Colorado Public Employees Retirement System (CoPERA) moved too late to intervene as...

August 15, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in Connecticut has ruled that while Nationwide Financial Services can legally countersue trustees of five 401(k) plans in a revenue...

August 14, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has released an in-depth rewrite of its correction programs for retirement plan sponsors who have not complied with...

August 11, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Even if employees work through their required meal breaks in violation of company policy, the employer still must pay them for all hours...

August 11, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appellate court has cleared an employer of wrongdoing in the firing of an employee who returned to work while receiving disability...

August 12, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has flashed the green light for two class-action lawsuits challenging eating disorder insurance coverage to move forward.

August 8, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California State Supreme Court has ruled that noncompetition agreements violate state law even if narrowly drawn.

August 8, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appellate court has breathed new life into a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed against the Boeing Company on behalf of...

August 8, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A California bill that would force employers to provide paid sick leave for workers died Thursday amid business lobbyists' opposition and lawmakers' concern...

August 6, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While declaring that employers cannot transfer their pension plans to an unrelated entity without moving "significant business assets, operations or employees," federal regulators...

August 5, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A state of Ohio appellate court has thrown out a decision by the Industrial Commission of Ohio denying an employee who tested positive...

August 5, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The New Jersey Supreme Court has upheld a trial court's ruling that comments made about a former police officer's Jewish ancestry and faith...

August 5, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. House of Representatives passed bill H.R. 6633 on July 31, 2008, that would extend the government's voluntary employment verification program for...

August 5, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals has revived a lawsuit filed by former participants in a Home Depot 401(k) plan against the...

August 1, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Legislation that would give women more tools with which to fight pay discrimination passed a U.S. House vote on Thursday.

August 1, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor has sued fiduciaries of the 401(k) plan of The Brown Schools Inc. of Austin, Texas, for failure to...