Compliance

September 14, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed a bill Wednesday that would have forced large employers to spend at least 8% of employee payroll on...

September 14, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has filed a suit against Illinois-based supermarket chain Aldi Inc. for denying a request by a...

September 13, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An employer cannot be held liable for a worker's off-duty conduct because the company is not exercising control over the person when he...

September 13, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) is considering updating current rules regarding required benefit plan audits and is asking...

September 13, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 8th US Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that an administrative committee for a pension plan did not fail its fiduciary duties...

September 12, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana has determined that the qualifying event commencing COBRA coverage rights for the ex-wife...

September 12, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Massachusetts regulators set the final rule last week that will require employers with 11 employees or less to make contributions to employee health...

September 11, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin has dismissed a suit filed by a Sturgeon Bay...

September 11, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has officially announced the elimination of an equal opportunity (EO) survey required by federal contractors.

September 8, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in New York has agreed with a woman who claimed that a form indicating her consent to her late husband's...

September 8, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled Tuesday that PriceWaterhouseCoopers' cash balance plan violated the Employee Retirement Income...

September 8, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors would do well to get out their 2007 calendars and make sure they have properly noted the handful of key deadlines...

September 8, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Northern District of Georgia has awarded statutory penalties to a long-term disability (LTD) plan participant who requested...

September 7, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Calling the proposal "socialized medicine," California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has vetoed a bill that would have made the state the primary provider of...

September 7, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A North Carolina Superior Court judge has ruled that Governor Mike Easley and other state leaders violated the state constitution by using pension...

September 7, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Two months after the death of former Enron chief Kenneth Lay, the government has worked out a deal with his estate under which...

September 6, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - After a federal appeals court gave its blessing to IBM Corp.'s cash balance pension plan, plaintiffs in the case say they will appeal...

September 6, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York has determined that an executive compensation plan proposed for executives of bankrupt...

September 5, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) announced Wednesday that it would absorb the pension liabilities of Oneida and its affiliates after a bankruptcy...

September 5, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals said that Halliburton could not alter retiree health benefits for a company it bought in 1998,...