Police Officer Receives More than $1M in Harassment Lawsuit
June 8, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A jury in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, awarded more than $1 million to a female police officer who alleged that her male supervisor, an...
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House Bill Supports Employer's Right to Recover Health Care Costs in Workers' Injury
June 8, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A provision in the House version of the pending pension legislation could make it easier for health care insurers and employers to get...
Bankrupt Northwest Asks Congress to Speed Up Aid Legislation
June 7, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Northwest Airlines sent Representative John Boehner a letter saying that it would be forced to terminate its employee pension plan if Congress did...
Treasury Delays Release of Section 409A Regulations
June 7, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Treasury official said Tuesday that the government will not be able to complete the tax code Section 409A's final regulations by its...
NH Gov.To Sign Bill Allowing Seriously Ill College Students on Parent's Health Plan
June 7, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New Hampshire Governor John Lynch said he would sign off on a bill passed by the state's legislature in May that would allow...
CO Governor Vetoes Two Health Care Bills
June 6, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Colorado's governor has vetoed two health care bills in the past two months - one that would have required publishing the names of...
Calif. Court: Perceived Disability Enough to Prompt Reasonable Accommodations
June 6, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California 2nd Appellate District Court for Los Angles ruled Friday that employers must provide necessary and reasonable accommodations for workers they consider...
NY High Court Affirms $1.6M Judgment for Deutsche Bank
June 6, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The New York State Court of Appeals has affirmed a decision to grant $1.6 million in damages to Deutsche Bank from the Montana...
Two Companies Settle Discrimination Suits With EEOC
June 5, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The EEOC filed separate discrimination lawsuits in 2004 against Wal-Mart and in 2005 against R.T.G. Furniture alleging that managers and supervisors at the...
Supreme Court Defers Illegal Worker Case Back to Appeals Court
June 5, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Supreme Court dismissed Monday a case on whether a Georgia carpet and floor-covering maker could be sued under federal anti-racketeering law...
NJ Democrats Propose Salary and Benefits Cuts to Ease $30B Deficit
June 2, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Three Democratic New Jersey lawmakers have proposed a plan that would cut workers' salaries and benefits by 15%, saving the state an estimated...
Court Rules that Participant's ERISA Rights Supersede State Prison's Order
June 2, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 6th US Circuit Court of Appeals found that Michigan prisoners' rights as participants in pension plans were violated by orders of the...
SC Supreme Court Sets State Timetable to Refund $30M to Retirees
June 2, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The South Carolina Supreme Court issued a July 1 deadline for the state to refund the money to about 14,000 working retirees who...
ERIC Brings Contentions Over FASB Draft
June 2, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An employer lobbying group said that the Financial Accounting Standards Board's (FASB) draft on accounting changes for pensions aand other post-retirement plans are...
DoL Unveils Back Pay Search Engine
June 1, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employees who may be owed unpaid salary from a former employer who was the target of a Department of Labor investigation can now...
Judge Gives Nod to Delta's Settlement with Pilots Union
June 1, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal bankruptcy court judge rejected objections by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) when he gave his blessing to a wage concession...
Judge Rules that Employee Can Sue Under State Laws in Pension Dispute
June 1, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court of Eastern New York denied the request of Cendant Corp. and IBM to drop the complaint of the two...
PBGC Says Mandatory E-filing Begins July 1
June 1, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) will soon require sponsors of insured defined benefit pension plans to electronically submit their premium filings to...
DoL Settles Improper ESOP Trade Allegations in CA Plan
June 1, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The trustees of an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) sponsored by a Stockton, California company have agreed to a $1.4 million settlement of...
NJ Republicans Propose Pension Bill
June 1, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Republicans in the New Jersey Senate have proposed changes to public employee pensions in an attempt to curb expenses that have cost the...