IRS Issues Final Dependent Care FSA Rules
August 14, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employees can pay day camp expenses with their dependent care flexible spending accounts (FSA) but not charges for school at a kindergarten or...
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Former Colgate-Palmolive Employees Challenge Cash Balance Plan
August 14, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Two former Colgate-Palmolive employees have asked a federal judge in Ohio to grant class action status to a lawsuit alleging their former employer's...
UTC Fee Case Judge Delivers Mixed Ruling
August 13, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in Connecticut has handed 401(k) participants involved in a plan fee suit a mixed victory by throwing out one claim,...
IRS Lends Helping Hand on Plan Retirement Age Changes
August 13, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors will have more time to comply with Internal Revenue Service (IRS) phased retirement and in-service distribution rules issued this spring regarding...
PBGC Takes Over GA Manufacturer's Plan
August 10, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - The nation's private-sector pension insurer has taken over the pension plan covering more than 1,400 workers and retirees at a Clarkesville, Georgia, button...
PBGC Takes Over GA Manufacturer's Plan
August 10, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - The nation's private-sector pension insurer has taken over the pension plan covering more than 1,400 workers and retirees at a Clarkesville, Georgia, button...
Retirement Groups Weigh in on Miller Fee Disclosure Proposal
August 10, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Legislation meant to demystify 401(k) fees and remove conflicts of interest between mutual fund companies and plan sponsors has prompted concern within retirement...
ME Court Allows for Disability Offset to Workers Comp
August 10, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Maine Supreme Court has ruled that an employer may offset a workers compensation obligation to an injured employee by the lump sum...
Delta Pilots Group Demands $100M in Pension Benefits
August 10, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - Charging that Delta Air Lines is misreading federal tax law, a group of retired pilots has asked a federal bankruptcy judge to force...
EBSA Seems to be Cracking Down on Service Provider Gifts
August 9, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans (IFEBP) has reported on what appears to be stricter enforcement by some offices of the Department...
EBSA Seems to be Cracking Down on Multiemployer Plan Service Provider Gifts
August 9, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans (IFEBP) has reported on what appears to be stricter enforcement by some offices of the Department...
DoL Sets Co. Stock Notice Violation Penalty Rule
August 9, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal regulators have released a final rule giving the government the ability to fine plan administrators up to $100 per day per violation...
DoL Sues Orlando Firm over $2.5M in Inappropriate Plan Loans
August 9, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) has filed suit against an Orlando company and the fiduciaries of its profit sharing plan, claiming they...
IRS Extends Transitional Relief for Indian Tribal Plans
August 9, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued Notice 2007-67 extending the time Indian Tribal Governments (ITG) have to amend their plans to satisfy...
Former Brocade CEO Gets 10 Guilty Verdicts for Backdating Charges
August 8, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Former Brocade Communications CEO Gregory Reyes was convicted Tuesday on 10 felony counts relating to the backdating of stock options in the first...
Widow Gets OK to Pursue Wrongful Benefits Denial Claim
August 8, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in Delaware has cleared the way for a woman whose husband was killed in a car accident while on a...
IRS Clarifies 409A NQDC Rules' Impact on Teacher Comp
August 8, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued new publications to explain how the 409A nonqualified deferred comepsnation rules may apply to school district...
Judge Formally Blocks MA Benefits Discrimination Probe
August 7, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Boston federal judge has issued an injunction blocking an investigation by the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD) into whether an employer illegally...
Court: Participant Can Still Sue Despite PBGC as DB Plan Trustee
August 6, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appellate court has ruled that a defined benefit plan participant can still pursue a fiduciary breach claim against the plan's investment...
Court: Participant Can Still Sue Despite PBGC as DB Plan Trustee
August 6, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appellate court has ruled that a defined benefit plan participant can still pursue a fiduciary breach claim against the plan's investment...