Compliance

December 18, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Barton ruled last week that San Diego City Attorney Michael Aguirre can't challenge pension benefits awarded to employees before...

December 15, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Garden State is set to become the third state in the nation to offer civil unions, with New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine...

December 15, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A California state appellate court has ruled that an employer can't be sued for the actions of an employee who uses its computer...

December 15, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission has voted to adopt amendments to its proxy rules that would allow companies to furnish proxy materials to...

December 15, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New disclosure rules adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) last summer have now taken effect.

December 14, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Western District of Missouri has ruled that when both divorced parents have health insurance plans, the plan...

December 14, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - California Senate President pro Tem Don Perata on Tuesday unveiled a health care proposal that would give all of California's working adults and...

December 14, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in New York has ruled in a lawsuit that Citigroup's cash balance plan is not "age neutral" in the latest...

December 14, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin denied accidental death benefits for the beneficiary of a woman whose death was...

December 14, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A US Senate Democrat has released a new proposal to provide private health coverage to all Americans.

December 14, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The family of National Football League (NFL) Hall of Famer Mike Webster has won additional disability benefits due to him prior to his...

December 14, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued Notice 2007-3 containing the 2006 Cumulative List of Changes in Plan Qualification Requirements for plan sponsors...

December 13, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Departments of Labor (DoL), Health and Human Resources (HHS), and Treasury have released final HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) rules,...

December 13, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - United Parcel Service (UPS) agreed to pay a former sorter/loader $100,000 to settle a discrimination suit that alleged the company fired him on...

December 12, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Even though the ExxonMobil employee benefits department posthumously signed up a physician for added life insurance coverage, his children are not entitled to...

December 12, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 3rd US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a company can fire an employee for a second time even after it is...

December 11, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Oregon's Senate Interim Commission on Health Care Access and Affordability has approved a draft of a universal health care plan for the state.

December 8, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal pension regulators on Friday announced a series of proposed changes to the 2008 Form 5500.

December 8, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US House on Friday approved a tax package hammered out with Senate negotiators that would enhance the appeal of health savings accounts...

December 8, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A broader tax bill offered by the two top members of the US Senate Finance Committee would extend for another year a law...