Compliance

January 31, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US 1st Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court's award of punitive damages to a Wal-Mart of Puerto Rico employee...

January 30, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - State of Iowa lawmakers are set this week to consider a plan by House Republicans to drop the state's income tax on pension...

January 30, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has announced the implementation of final revisions to the Employer Information Report, or EEO-1 Form.

January 30, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) achieved $1.7 billion in results from actions to enforce the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) during...

January 27, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Michigan judge has approved a prosecutor's request that a former township clerk convicted of embezzling $62,000 be required to give up any...

January 27, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued a memorandum that costs for gender reassignment surgery and related medications, treatment, and transportation may not be...

January 27, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) has updated its e-4010 Web-based application for reporting financial, actuarial and other identifying information in compliance with...

January 26, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal officials have proposed new rules to clarify how distributions from Roth 401(k) and 403(b) plans are to be taxed.

January 26, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An insurance broker accused of issuing fake policies to 29 workplace plans and stealing clients' health insurance payments exercised control over the disposition...

January 26, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A California state appellate court has ruled that a Golden State employer may discharge, or force the retirement of, an employee who was...

January 26, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appellate court has overturned a lower court decision and ruled that Dow Chemical Co. cannot take tax deductions for interest it...

January 25, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A woman convicted of embezzling more than $17,000 from her employees' pension and benefit plans has been sentenced to a 27-month prison term.

January 25, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Kentucky is the latest state to introduce legislation that would require large employers in the state to spend a minimum amount on employee...

January 20, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Department of Labor (DoL), in an advisory opinion letter, says that a financial advisor chosen by the participant to advise on how...

January 19, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The battle between officials and lawmakers in several states and large employers over giving their workers health care coverage has continued in Wisconsin...

January 19, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The United Kingdom's Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is inviting the public to give opinions on proposed pension reforms.

January 19, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the District of Minnesota has granted summary judgment in favor of the Bert Bell/Pete Rozelle NFL Player Retirement...

January 18, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has agreed with a lower court that a 911 dispatcher for the City of Aurora, Illinois...

January 18, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Following the lead of fellow lawmakers in Maryland, the West Virginia state legislature is now considering a proposal to force employers with 10,000...

January 17, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Department of Justice has filed a class-action lawsuit against American Airlines for violations of the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act...