Compliance

August 11, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a health care administrator failed to make a "good faith effort" to notify a former...

August 10, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appellate court ruled employer arbitration policies may be used to settle employee complaints including potential violations of laws barring discrimination against...

August 10, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Two Texas lawmakers are studying whether to require Lone Star State public pension systems to report their financial conditions more frequently as a...

August 9, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Protection Act, now passed by both the House and Senate and waiting for President Bush's signature, contains a number of potentially...

August 9, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals has confirmed a lower court ruling that an employee accused of receiving child pornography had no...

August 9, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal officials have released final rules to help explain how a federal tax code section, dealing with protected benefits, is affected by rules...

August 8, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Several retirement services industry observers on Tuesday applauded a federal appellate court ruling throwing out a decision involving IBM that declared cash balance...

August 7, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California Supreme Court reversed an appellate court decision and ruled Thursday that employers do not need a reason to fire employees who...

August 7, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has overturned a district court's decision that IBM discriminated against older workers when it converted from...

August 4, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Western District of Virginia ruled that an employer breached its fiduciary duties by not providing a Summary...

August 4, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An advisory from the Department of Labor said that unrelated brokers of a 401(k) plan's self-directed brokerage account can collect 12b-1 fees for...

August 4, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that, though a pension plan violated its duties under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act...

August 4, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The majority of respondents (72%) to Deloitte Consulting LLP's 2006 Global Rewards Pension Survey, when asked about provisions of the Pension Protection Act...

August 3, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service has issued final regulations regarding Section 410 coverage requirements for 401(k) plans under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act...

August 3, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the District of Minnesota has ruled in favor of U.S. Bancorp for denying severance benefits to an employee...

August 1, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Connecticut Supreme Court ruled that a man injured by co-workers trying to prevent him from hurting himself or others during a seizure...

August 1, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A decision by the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals says a bankruptcy court can consider a debtor's employment status even after he files...

August 1, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Appellate Division for the Third Judicial Department of the New York State Supreme Court has upheld a Workers' Compensation Law Judge (WCLJ)...

July 31, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Pension reform legislation took another interesting turn late Friday night.

July 31, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While retirement plan professionals interviewed by PLANSPONSOR.com believe the pension reform bill passed by the House on Friday is a mostly positive measure,...