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...

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) - 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 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...