DoL Offers Another Opportunity to "Get it Right"
June 4, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) plans to sponsor another of its free compliance assistance seminars.
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(b)lines Series: Permissible Funding For 403(b) Arrangements
June 3, 2008 ((b)lines) - As 403(b) plan sponsors continue to consider what investment options and vendors to offer to participants, it will be helpful to know what...
Aetna Agrees to $250,000 Settlement of Eating Disorder Coverage Claim
June 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Aetna has agreed to a $250,000 settlement of a lawsuit over the extent to which it will cover treatment of eating disorders.
Pregnancy Discrimination Act Includes Protection After Abortion
June 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In what it called a precedential ruling, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has determined that the decision to terminate a pregnancy...
(b)lines Ask the Expert – Plan Termination or Moving to ERISA
June 3, 2008 ((b)lines) - In light of new final 403(b) regulations, (b)lines readers contemplate the options of plan termination or moving to an ERISA-governed plan and question...
SEC Says Companies Must Let Shareholders Vote on Health Care
June 2, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has shifted its position and is telling companies they must allow shareholders to vote on a proposal...
CA Assembly Approves Opening CalPERS to Private Sector
May 30, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - California's Assembly voted 42-28 for the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) to oversee a separate and voluntary investment program for private workers.
OT Eligibility Decision not Intended to Reduce Company Match
May 30, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in Minnesota has cleared an employer of Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)-related wrongdoing by classifying some employees as overtime...
403(b) Annuities from Employee Organization are not ERISA Plans
May 30, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington has ruled that an employee organization legally cannot establish or maintain a 403(b)...
Allstate Agents Dealt Legal Setback in Employment Status Case
May 29, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A nearly seven-year legal fight between Allstate Insurance Co. and its agents over their employment status has concluded with a ruling that a...
Program Providing Reimbursement of Phone Services for Retirees is an ERISA Plan
May 28, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas has determined that a telephone company's program that provides reimbursement for phone services...
U.S. Supreme Court Rules for Employees in Two Retaliation Cases
May 28, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. Supreme Court justices have rendered broad interpretations of workplace discrimination laws giving employees protection from retaliation even if such protection was not...
ERISA Equitable Relief Case Recommended to Supreme Court
May 28, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. Solicitor General Paul D. Clement is recommending the Supreme Court hear a case involving a test of Employee Retirement Income Security Act...
Activating Reservist Aid Bill Enroute to the White House
May 27, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Senate has sanctioned a bill allowing reservists being activated for military duty to take a tax-free distribution of their flexible spending...
House Lets Go of Key Provision in Mental Health Parity Bill
May 23, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In an attempt to reach a compromise on mental health parity legislation, U. S. House conferees agreed to drop a major provision in...
NH Law Lets Teachers Delay Retirement
May 23, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New Hampshire Governor John Lynch has signed into law a bill designed to protect the state from an onslaught of teacher retirements and...
Fiduciary Liability Claim Dismissed in US Airways Suit
May 22, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia has determined the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) did not breach its fiduciary...
New FL Health Care Law Includes Alternatives for Small Businesses
May 22, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Florida Governor Charlie Crist signed into law a bill intended to offer new health coverage to uninsured Floridians and a competitive insurance marketplace...
Adviser Fees Not for Courts to Decide
May 22, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a decision that could have an affect on a variety of mutual fund fee lawsuits, and that experts say reversed the precedent,...
Former Judge Can Sue Individual Pension Board Members
May 22, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal district court has determined that an impeached Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice can sue individual state retirement board members for allegedly causing...