Compliance

March 20, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) has announced a technical amendment extending the interim final rules under the Mental Health...

March 20, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A bill to mandate employer spending on employee health care for companies of all sizes has been introduced in the Maryland legislature.

March 20, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As US House and Senate negotiators continue trying to hammer out a compromise pension reform measure, United Parcel Service (UPS) has it sights...

March 17, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A pension plan participant who filed a fiduciary breach suit under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) simply waited too long before...

March 17, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal officials have clarified the circumstances under which health plans can legitimately give out medical information to people who call on the patient's...

March 17, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Americans without access to a workplace retirement savings plan would be able to contribute to an IRA via payroll deduction under a new...

March 17, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A woman who claimed her former employer discriminated against her because of her age by deliberately accepting her resignation six weeks before her...

March 16, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Four New York lawyers have lost their battle for a slice of a $3.2 million class action fee received by their firm after...

March 16, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee moved forward a bill from US Senator Mike Enzi (R-Wyoming) intended to help small...

March 15, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A former stock trader at the US unit of asset management firm Schroders claims she was unfairly denied promotions and pay based on...

March 15, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a move that echoes regulatory developments in the US, UK pension officials are seeking approval from Parliament for new rules on how...

March 15, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin granted summary judgment in favor of Metropolitan Life Insurance Company agreeing with its...

March 15, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in Connecticut has rebuffed efforts by two financial services companies seeking dismissal of a lawsuit filed by trustees of five...

March 15, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Department of Labor (DoL) is looking into actions by Northwest Airlines leading to the collapse of its pension funds.

March 14, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has ruled that an alleged act of retaliation by an employer need not...

March 14, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appellate court has agreed with an Ohio company that it had the right to modify its work rules to totally ban...

March 14, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Even if employers engage in a dialogue with an employee over potential Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) accommodations, they may still be liable...

March 14, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal officials have filed a federal court lawsuit against the fiduciaries of a Jefferson, Georgia firm over allegations they extended improper loan payments...

March 13, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois has awarded a statutory penalty of $20 per day for 511 days to...

March 10, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee has allowed a health plan participant to proceed with his claim that he...