Compliance

April 25, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Senate has unanimously approved a measure barring employers from using information from genetic testing to hire, fire, or promote workers.

April 24, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Senate defeated a measure that would have overturned a Supreme Court ruling affirming the 180-day statute of limitations on pay discrimination...

April 24, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A New York state judge has thrown out a $95,000 punitive damage award by an arbitration panel after finding the panel ignored the...

April 23, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Two U.S. Senators have proposed a bill allowing Americans to deduct health insurance premiums from their federal income taxes and take money tax...

April 23, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Two U.S. Senators have proposed a bill allowing Americans to deduct health insurance premiums from their federal income taxes and take money tax...

April 23, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Violent crime and domestic violence victims and their families would get time off from work for required court proceedings under a bill introduced...

April 22, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Backers of a plan to have the state of Connecticut offer a universal 401(k) plan have kicked off a two-week public relations campaign...

April 22, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Macy's Inc.'s motion to move a fiduciary breach suit on behalf of a class of participants in its 401(k) plan has been denied...

April 18, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a district court's determination that miscalculations of pension benefits by a human resources employee...

April 18, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A U.S. House committee has given its stamp of approval to a measure giving federal workers four weeks of paid parental leave and...

April 17, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The version of a 401(k) fee disclosure bill passed by a U.S. House committee Wednesday includes a controversial provision mandating that plan sponsors...

April 16, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Simply because an employee had been with a company for a long time did not legally change his status as an "at will"...

April 16, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. (PBGC) has reminded defined benefit plan sponsors about the requirement to file a special form when a required...

April 16, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has agreed with a lower court that found an employee who tested positive for drug use...

April 16, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The House of Representatives Tuesday approved tax legislation that would require trustees of health savings accounts (HSAs) to show that distributions from the...

April 16, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Vermont Supreme Court has affirmed a lower court decision to dismiss claims brought by an Ethan Allen factory worker whose hand was...

April 15, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge hearing a lawsuit by Milwaukee County over the quality of Mercer's advice on its defined benefit pension plan has turned...

April 15, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama has determined a former bank president breached his fiduciary duty to the bank's...

April 15, 2008 ((b)lines) - An adviser has some charter school clients that have been utilizing the DoL safe harbor in Labor Reg. § 2510.3-2(f) regarding being considered...

April 11, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - AK Steel has appealed a ruling by a federal judge in Ohio that the company erroneously cut the pension benefits due to widows...