Compliance

March 16, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appellate court has ruled that the provisions of a benefit plan summary plan description (SPD) are legally controlling if the SPD...

March 16, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appellate court has ruled that the provisions of a benefit plan summary plan description (SPD) are legally controlling if the SPD...

March 15, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Following the dictates of a recent appellate court finding about the legality of cash balance plans, a federal judge in Illinois has thrown...

March 15, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service has issued guidance identifying dozens of frivolous positions that taxpayers should avoid when filing their tax returns.

March 14, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) has issued an update of its booklet, "Divorce Orders & PBGC."

March 14, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal jury in the Eastern District of New York has rejected a religious discrimination charge by a former teacher, who said she...

March 13, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued Notice 2007-28, a question-and-answer document which clarifies new rules set out by the Pension Protection Act...

March 12, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Wyoming Supreme Court has ruled that officers of companies without employees cannot get access to workers' compensation coverage.

March 9, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Kentucky lawmakers in the state House are blocking a Senate proposal to overhaul the state's pension system and stave off future financial problems,...

March 9, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Concerned about pension fund exposure to the asset class, a senior lawmaker is calling for greater hedge fund registration.

March 8, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The mental health care benefits parity legislation introduced in the U.S. House on Wednesday would require group health plans to treat cost-sharing requirements...

March 7, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A freight hauling company mistakenly required an employee on medical leave to also burn up paid sick and vacation leave, a federal appellate...

March 7, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A freight hauling company mistakenly required an employee on medical leave to also burn up paid sick and vacation leave, a federal appellate...

March 7, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The person assigned to review UK pension regulation has suggested a proposal that would merge the country's two newest pensions bodies - the...

March 6, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal rulemaking generated by the Pension Protection Act (PPA) continued Tuesday with the U.S. Department of Labor's (DoL) unveiling of an interim final...

March 6, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Congressional hearing addressed Tuesday whether fees paid by 401(k) participants take too big a chunk out of workers' retirement savings and whether...

March 5, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich has introduced a $2.1 billion universal health care proposal that he said will cover all 1.4 million uninsured state...

March 2, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Canadian Supreme Court pushed back that date that gay men and women can get back payments of their deceased partners' pension contributions...

March 2, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - "Non-binding" appears to be the direction of the day on Capitol Hill.

March 2, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in Philadelphia has ruled that the insurer of flexible premium variable life insurance policies broke its contract with trustees of...