Guidance Coming, Comments Requested on § 457: IRS
July 23, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new notice from the Internal Revenue Service says that guidance under § 457 is coming for nonqualified deferred compensation plans of state...
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Guidance Coming, Comments Requested on § 457: IRS
July 23, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new notice from the Internal Revenue Service says that guidance under § 457 is coming for nonqualified deferred compensation plans of state...
Unisys Made Misrepresentations about Health Insurance Coverage
July 23, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania said that Unisys Corp. would have to restore the free or low-cost retiree...
LTD Plan Hit with $9,800 Penalty for Late Plan Documents Copy Response
July 23, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in Indiana has hit a health care company with a $9,800-penalty under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) for...
Final 403(b) Regs Give Sponsors a Break on their Effective Date
July 23, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Many 403(b) plan sponsors will be breathing a sigh of relief with word that final Internal Revenue Service (IRS) regulations are generally not...
Buffalo Color Corp Trustees to Pay $300,000 to PBGC
July 20, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The trustees of Buffalo Color Corp's two employee pension plans must pay $300,000 to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), as the plan's...
Court Dismisses Fiduciary Breach Claim in COLI Dispute
July 19, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has determined that an employee of Camelot Music Inc. cannot pursue claims against an insurance company...
Court Sides with Participants on ERISA Retaliation Claim
July 19, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska has ruled in favor of Brentwood Dental Group employees on a claim of retaliation...
Court Sides with Participants on ERISA Retaliation Claim
July 19, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska has ruled in favor of Brentwood Dental Group employees on a claim of retaliation...
Colorado Court Gives Nod to Attorney Award in US West Settlement
July 19, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Colorado Court of Appeals said the $15 million award paid to an attorney representing US West retirees after a $50 million settlement...
PBGC Issues Final Procedures for Multiemployer Plan Elections
July 19, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) has issued final procedures for multiemployer plan elections under Section 1106 of the Pension Protection Act of...
Workers' Compensation not Only Remedy for Injuries from Horseplay
July 19, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Delaware Supreme Court ruled that a pipefitter and welder injured as a result of horseplay at work can bring a personal injury...
ERISA Preempts New York Health Care Law Targeting Wal-Mart
July 18, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York has ruled that the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) bars a...
Employer Benefit Payments to Union Plan Required Regardless of Union Coverage
July 18, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in New York has ruled that a highway striping company must make benefit contributions for all employees covered under a...
House Panel Approves Mental Health Parity Bill
July 18, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The House Education and Labor Committee on Wednesday approved legislation that would require group health care plans to provide the same cost-sharing provisions...
Plan Effort to Recoup Mistaken Distribution Funds Gets Court OK
July 18, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in Texas has turned aside efforts by a former plan participant to block his ex-employer from recouping $240,000 the plan...
House Panel Approves Mental Health Parity Bill
July 18, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The House Education and Labor Committee on Wednesday approved legislation that would require group health care plans to provide the same cost-sharing provisions...
Health Plan Administrator's Decision to Deny Obesity-Linked Surgery Not Arbitrary
July 17, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee ruled that a group health plan administrator did not act arbitrarily when it...
Health Plan Administrator's Decision to Deny Obesity-Linked Surgery Not Arbitrary
July 17, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee ruled that a group health plan administrator did not act arbitrarily when it...
SPARK:12b-1 Fees Keep Plan Costs Down
July 17, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Retirement services trade group The SPARK Institute asked the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to continue allowing mutual funds to pay 12b-1 fees...