Compliance

January 28, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) has assumed responsibility for the pensions of more than 500 employees and retirees of the Jane Addams...

January 26, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland has ruled that Baltimore County did not violate the Age Discrimination in Employment Act...

January 26, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that an employee who answers questions during an employer's investigation of sexual harassment complaints is protected from...

January 26, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday that DuPont Co. was correct to pay a deceased worker's retirement benefits to his ex-wife even though...

January 26, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The appellate division of the state of New York's Supreme Court has upheld a ruling that same-sex marriages of state employees that are...

January 26, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Senate Finance Committee is scheduled to take up a proposed $455-billion federal bailout package Tuesday morning that backers say should help...

January 23, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - On Thursday the U.S. Senate approved the Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, increasing the time limit for workers to file pay discrimination lawsuits.

January 23, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Minnesota Court of Appeals has overturned a lower court's decision that a domestic relations order (DRO) was a qualified domestic relations order...

January 23, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has sent a former chief financial officer's age discrimination suit back to a lower court for...

January 22, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An executive order signed by White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, ordering a temporary moratorium on new federal rules, will mean a...

January 16, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Part of a new stimulus package under consideration includes an expansion of COBRA coverage.

January 16, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - There has been a remarkable continuity of leadership at the regulatory bodies that affect and influence plan sponsors over the past eight years.

January 16, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) announced publication of a final rule to make investment advice more accessible for participants in 401(k) type...

January 16, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors looking for some help with health law compliance can get some free answers at an upcoming conference.

January 16, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With the ink barely dry on the Department of Labor's final regulations on investment advice, two Democratic Congressman have promised to block it.

January 15, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Quebec government is moving to guarantee benefits to pensioners and workers of companies whose plans go bankrupt, the Globe and Mail newspaper...

January 15, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released a new publication to help small employers understand automatic enrollment for...

January 12, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's high court has turned down a request to review a $46-million award to former steel workers in a long-running pension dispute...

January 13, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has determined that a pension plan must recognize a qualified domestic relations order (QDRO) under Washington...

January 9, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Senator Max Baucus (D-Montana), chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, says Congressional negotiators have "pretty much agreed" to include in their latest economic...