Compliance

May 8, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A bill allowing the state of Connecticut to sponsor a 401(k) plan for small businesses apparently was a casualty of the last-minute scramble...

May 6, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new Web site from the U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) contains an elaws advisor designed to help employers figure out which of...

May 5, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on a case to determine how much the conflict of a dual role of a plan...

May 5, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Florida Legislature has approved a measure that would mandate the Sunshine State's public pension fund to invest up to $2 billion -...

May 5, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed the conviction of two retirement plan administrators for Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)...

May 5, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Pennsylvania state House committee has approved a measure increasing pension benefits for 250,000 state government and public school retirees that is projected...

May 5, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine on Friday signed legislation allowing employees in the state to take up to six weeks of paid leave...

May 5, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) will sponsor "Getting It Right - Know Your Fiduciary Responsibilities," a free compliance...

May 2, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Merck & Co. 401(k) participant has charged the drugmaker with breaching its fiduciary duties by continuing to permit investments in company stock...

May 2, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Unlike other proposals for universal health care that require employers to offer health insurance for employees and penalize them if they don't, a...

May 2, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - If you're confused about the 5500 reporting requirements, the Department of Labor is ready to offer you some free help.

May 1, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The House of Representatives passed the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act by a vote of 414-1 Thursday, according to Business Insurance.

April 30, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal tax officials on Wednesday announced that Americans whose economic stimulus payment is direct deposited into a tax-favored account can pull it out...

April 30, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has permanently barred a District of Columbia lawyer from servicing any Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) plans after the...

April 29, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor's (DoL) Employee Benefits Security Administration has announced publication of technical corrections to the final regulation on qualified default...

April 29, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge was correct in dismissing a 401(k) participant's company stock suit because the plaintiff had not put on a strong enough...

April 29, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In the months after the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling sanctioning fiduciary breach lawsuits by individual participants, lawyers are likely to turn their attention...

April 28, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A lawsuit by former 401(k) participants against the Principal Financial Group over allegations the company duped them into IRA rollovers into Principal's proprietary...

April 28, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A lawsuit by former 401(k) participants against the Principal Financial Group over allegations the company duped them into IRA rollovers into Principal's proprietary...

April 25, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A bill backed by a powerful Connecticut state lawmaker that would create a state-sponsored defined contribution retirement plan for employers with fewer than...