Compliance

February 1, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas ruled that Deluxe Financial Services , Inc. did not fire a machine operator at...

February 1, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers are required by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to post a summary of the total number of job-related injuries and...

February 1, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Even though a life insurance plan participant had designated his girlfriend as a beneficiary, a federal judge has ordered that benefits actually be...

January 31, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of New York ruled that a benefit plan administrator did not act arbitrarily or capriciously...

January 31, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A group of U.S. Senators told the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) in a letter Tuesday that US Airways can now afford to...

January 30, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Boeing Company has been cleared of wrongdoing regarding racial discrimination charges by an employee after a federal appellate court ruled the employee...

January 30, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Idaho Supreme Court ruled that stock options are not considered wages under state law, handing a defeat to a former Albertson's Inc....

January 30, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The UK's Pensions Regulator made its last call to the pension community to comment on its November paper on how defined contribution plans...

January 30, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Backers of the highly controversial cash balance plans have won two legal victories in recent days with rulings from a lower federal court...

January 29, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Chicago-based food trade group has been cleared of allegations it violated federal law by firing its vice president of sales after finding...

January 29, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department are asking for public comment on how the agencies should regulate the inclusion of certain...

January 29 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department is questioning whether some qualified defined benefit plans include non-traditional benefits that are not subject to...

January 29, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A West Virginia circuit court judge has ruled that merging the state's two teacher pension plans is unconstitutional, handing a legal victory to...

January 26, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The European Court of Justice called the protection the UK gives to pensioners whose companies go bust "inadequate," and said that it should...

January 26, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Because a qualified domestic relations order (QDRO) allowing a participant's common-law wife a portion of his pension is valid under state law, it...

January 25, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Department of Labor (DoL) has filed suit against New Britain, Connecticut-based Macristy Industries Inc. and its president for allegedly misdirecting more than...

January 25, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in Utah has ordered that a Utah-based Coca-Cola bottler retroactively enroll an employee in its long-term disability (LTD) plan since...

January 25, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Retail giant Wal-Mart Stores revealed Thursday that it had agreed to pay about $34 million in back wages to thousands of workers underpaid...

January 24, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors who worry that the benefits of their health-care coverage aren't fully appreciated will likely see a renewed interest by workers after...

January 23, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With a recent ruling by a federal appellate court, four prisoners in the Michigan prison system have lost another legal battle in their...