Compliance

July 13, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), the Internal Revenue Service and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation released advance copies...

July 12, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved new guidelines for soft dollar arrangements drafted last fall.

July 12, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Senate gave its nod Tuesday to legislation that would create a loophole excluding Canada from the Food and Drug Administration's ban against...

July 12, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A key lawmaker involved in the Congressional conference committee negotiations over sweeping pension reforms said lawmakers are still trying to work out a...

July 12, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An Iowa judge threw out the discrimination suit of a man seeking unemployment benefits after being fired from an ethanol plant for drinking...

July 11, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A New York Supreme Court Judge threw out a firefighter's suit that blamed the city's December transit strike for his injuries incurred when...

July 11, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appellate court agreed with a lower court judge, deciding that a group of police officers did not prove they were due...

July 11, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Officials in Massachusetts proposed rules on Monday to implement the state's new universal health care law that would excuse companies from a $295...

July 7, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Georgia Supreme Court has upheld a state constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriages in the state.

July 7, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Pennsylvania Governor Edward Rendell signed a bill into law this week that would make employers giving paid leave to employees who donate bone...

July 7, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A pension system reform committee created by the Massachusetts State Legislature is recommending a series of fixes, which include ending the ability of...

July 7, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has scheduled time during a July 12 meeting to further discuss its proposal that would force companies...

July 7, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - College Savings Foundation, the Washington, DC-based lobbying group for 529 educational savings plans, publicly applauded the State of Pennsylvania on Friday for enacting...

July 6, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals has ordered the New York State Supreme Court to decide if statements employers make on a...

July 6, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New Hampshire Governor John Lynch signed a bill that allows seriously ill college students to continue to be covered under their parents' health...

July 6, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Legislation passed by the House threatens to impose a $5 million appropriations withholding for certain federal agencies if the number of telecommuting workers...

July 6, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The New York Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that state law does not permit gay marriage, striking down 44 gay and lesbian couples'...

July 5, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal tax officials have advised that the prohibited transaction excise tax imposed when an employer does not transfer participant deferrals or other contributions...

July 5, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A case settled last week by California's 2nd District Court of Appeal that further defined the state's conflict-of-interest law may have bearing on...

July 5, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Alaska Supreme Court blocked an effort Friday by three labor unions to stop a new retirement system for the state's public employees...