Compliance

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) - 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 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 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) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued Notice 2009-09 which modifies the reporting requirements applicable to required minimum distributions (RMDs) from individual retirement...

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...

January 9, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled an employee need not present evidence that similarly situated employees received preferential treatment to...

January 9, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Department of Justice (DoJ) has delayed the effective date for regulations that would require federal contractors and subcontractors to use the U.S....

January 9, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana has ruled that the federal government can garnish benefits of Louisiana Sheriff's Pension...

January 9, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An employer bound by a court-approved lawsuit settlement to provide lifetime retiree health benefits could potentially have breached its fiduciary duties by not...

January 9, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. House of Representatives has passed two bills pertaining to pay discrimination that opponents say would increase costs and expose companies to...