Compliance

November 14, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Washington Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) group and the largest banking trade association in the nation asked the Department of Labor...

November 14, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The date of a notification about a divorce between a health plan beneficiary and her husband triggered the plan's obligation to inform the...

November 14, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A store manager meeting all of the other requirements for the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) executive exemption does not need to be...

November 14, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal securities regulators on Tuesday sanctioned the city of San Diego for committing securities fraud by lying about the true financial status of...

November 10, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Ontario government announced this week that it has set up an expert study commission to receive public input about ways to make...

November 10, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Cost-of-living adjustments will mean higher contribution limits for health savings accounts, and a boost in the saver's credit next year, according to the...

November 9, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service has issued guidance emphasizing the need for employers to track the amount of expense reimbursement allowances paid to employees...

November 8, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan has ruled that a plan administrator must pay a former employee $10,500 for...

November 6, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 7th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a plan administrator is not required by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)...

November 3, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The state of Alaska is asking its high court to decide if it must amend proposed regulations providing benefits for same-sex domestic partners...

November 3, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The BISYS Group announced Friday that it and staff members of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have hammered out a $25.1...

November 2, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) yesterday in Revenue Procedure 2006-49 announced the standard mileage rates for 2007.

November 2, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appellate court has ruled that two former divisional sales managers for Hecht's Department Stores failed to prove they were laid off...

November 2, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Southern District of New York has ruled that a cash balance plan sponsored by JPMorgan Chase &...

October 31, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged auto parts supplier Delphi Corporation and 13 individuals with fraud in connection with a scheme...

October 30, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A West Hartford, Connecticut man, who was convicted of charges in connection with a Connecticut state pension fund scandal, has been sentenced to...

October 30, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals has issued a ruling that insurance claims adjusters are exempt from overtime pay under the Fair...

October 30, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has rebuffed the latest effort by FleetBoston Financial Corp. to derail a lawsuit charging that its cash balance plan discriminates...

October 29, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Western District of Kentucky ruled that, even though the surviving spouse of a retirement plan participant waived...

October 30, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration has adopted a final class exemption expanding the opportunities for securities lending between pension plans,...