Compliance

June 22, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a closely watched case involving workplace retaliation against whistleblowers, the US Supreme Court on Thursday broadened the legal standard for employees filing...

June 22, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Department of Labor (DoL) has obtained a consent order against the sponsor and service provider of the ePEO Link Inc. Group Accident...

June 22, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Tyson Foods overcame a wage and hour lawsuit in a Philadelphia federal courtroom where a jury rebuffed allegations that the poultry company improperly...

June 22, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge ruled that an accountant for a profit-sharing plan bears some responsibility for the $600,000 diverted from participant accounts by a...

June 21, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has approved a $1.85 million settlement between a Pennsylvania health care firm and its former employees over allegations that workers...

June 21, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a lower court's ruling that a participant's request for restoration of his 401(k) plan...

June 21, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Department of Labor (DoL) is suing Richard Baldyga, former president and CEO of a now-defunct Alameda, California tech company, seeking to recover...

June 20, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania has ruled that an average age difference of 6.75 years between a former...

June 20, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A court judgment ordered a former Tennessee home-health company to pay $325,000 as part of the settlement of a federal lawsuit charging it...

June 19, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appeals court has thrown out a series of rulings by a US Bankruptcy judge in a case involving sex discrimination claims...

June 19, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that workers' compensation premiums owed by an employer are not entitled to priority status under the section...

June 16, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a unanimous ruling, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court ruled that a worker who hurt herself while returning to work from lunch is...

June 15, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) specified Thursday how to calculate the liability that occurs when an employer closes its operations and causes...

June 15, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Pension legislation now being ironed out by members of the House and Senate probably will not protect companies that are already under fire...

June 14, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission is asking for additional comments regarding its controversial rule regarding the composition of mutual fund boards of directors.

June 13, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Tennessee Governor Phil Bresden signed Cover Tennessee, a health care bill aimed at the state's 600,000-plus uninsured workers, according to the Associated Press.

June 13, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 8th US Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that an employee who had filed a complaint for race and sex discrimination against...

June 12, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 3rd US Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a lower court's ruling that a Pennsylvania power company did not violate its fiduciary...

June 9, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the District of Minnesota recently sent one retaliation claim to trial while granting summary judgment to the defendant...

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...