Compliance

July 2, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service has issued a notice of the proposed treatment of recurring part-year compensation under §457(f) and §409A of the Internal...

July 1, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) has proposed a rule to protect the agency from liability growth during employer bankruptcy proceedings.

July 1, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-Pennsylvania) and Herb Kohl (D-Wisconsin), Chairman of the Senate Special Committee on Aging, on June 27 introduced a bill...

June 30, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New Congressional legislation in the form of a Pension Protection Act technical corrections bill would effectively clarify lawmakers' intention that corporate pension plans...

June 30, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal regulators have worked out a $2.2-million settlement with auto-parts supplier Delphi Corp. to restore pension plan assets the government charged were lost...

June 27, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Minnesota judge has blocked the city of Duluth from making any changes to the health coverage of two of its retirees and...

June 27, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont has denied a health plan participant's claim that IBM Corp. should pay for her...

June 27, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Governor Steve Beshear signed legislation Friday afternoon aimed at shoring up Kentucky's financially troubled pension system for public employees.

June 27, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New Jersey's Supreme Court gave its stamp of approval to employee stock-purchase compensation plans that carry forfeiture provisions if participants quit before fully...

June 27, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in New Jersey has given her preliminary seal of approval to the settlement of a class action lawsuit that requires...

June 27, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An influential Republican U.S. Senator has proposed a bill that would start the legal time limit for which employees can file pay discrimination...

June 25, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Treasury   Department and Internal Revenue Service released on Wednesday   additional guidance on health savings accounts   (HSAs).

June 24, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service has bumped up optional standard mileage rates for computing the deductible costs of operating an automobile for business, medical,...

June 23, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite dissatisfaction among unions representing New Jersey state employees, lawmakers hammered out a compromise bill Friday evening instituting pension reform in the Garden...

June 23, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to determine whether employees who received less credited service time while on pregnancy leave prior to the...

June 23, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - If you'd like to get caught up on recent regulatory guidance without going anywhere - the Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration...

June 23, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - United States Attorney Karen P. Hewitt on Monday announced that the UNUM Group will pay $5,550,000 in fines and penalties to the federal...

June 20, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa ruled that a plan administrator was not required to provide a participant who...

June 20, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A ruling by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals makes it more difficult for employer's to monitor emails and text messages sent...

June 20, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Kentucky's retirement system does not discriminate against older workers, the Associated Press reported.