Compliance

May 19, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan ruled that an employee's complaint to management about plan violations was an "inquiry...

May 18, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the District of Massachusetts has upheld a long term disability plan administrator's denial of increased benefits to a...

May 17, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 8th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday that The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) allows an employer to require its...

May 16, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Following similar moves in several other states, a New Jersey state Senate panel has approved a bill forcing companies with more than 1,000...

May 16, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An error that results in an overpayment of benefits to a plan participant does not prevent the plan sponsor from recovering the amount...

May 15, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Supreme Court Monday upheld a decision by the 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals which said that under certain circumstances health...

May 15, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc. says it has reached a proposed $4.75 million settlement in a class-action lawsuit brought by workers claiming that company...

May 15, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Missouri poultry processing plant has agreed to pay $1.2 million in back pay to more than five thousand current and former employees...

May 12, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the District of New Jersey has dismissed a lawsuit brought by a retiree who depended on the advice...

May 12, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The chairman of the Senate Finance Committee said the pension bill now being reconciled between the House and Senate will likely include a...

May 12, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US Representative Clay Shaw (R-Florida) has introduced HR 5314, the 401Kids Family Savings Act of 2006, which will allow parents to establish savings...

May 12, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 6th US Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a lower court's decision that an employer did not act arbitrarily when it denied...

May 12, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 6th US Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a lower court's decision that an employer did not act arbitrarily when it denied...

May 11, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Following the lead of lawmakers in Massachusetts and Vermont, Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm unveiled a universal health care plan for her state Thursday...

May 11, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Vermont Legislature has approved a health care reform bill designed to increase the number of individuals in the state with health coverage...

May 10, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal jury awarded $1.3 million to a former Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. agent who said he was fired as a result of...

May 10, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Major League Baseball (MLB) did not discriminate against retired white players by giving pension...

May 10, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The former owner of an financial services firm accused of mismanaging pension funds will pay more than $125,000 in restitution to plan participants...

May 9, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a district court decision for Xerox Corporation in a challenge to benefit calculations under its...

May 9, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 11th US Circuit Court of Appeals has determined that a health plan administrator did not discriminate against a participant based on her...