Compliance

April 25, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is ready to lend a hand to plan sponsors who still need to amend their plan documents to...

April 25, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With Congress back in session after the Easter break, Assistant Secretary Mark Warshawsky of the Treasury Department has issued another set of remarks...

April 25, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Attendance of a job is necessary, even if the employee's absences are for legitimate medical and personal reasons, according to a ruling by...

April 25, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Noting that Congress has already missed a deadline for generating a pension reform compromise measure, one key lawmaker is now warning that it...

April 24, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Northern District of California rejected an employer's argument that a case against it should be heard in...

April 20, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 3rd Circuit US Court of Appeals has ruled that a district court erred in granting summary judgment to The Boeing Co. in...

April 24, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Leaders in the Massachusetts state Senate are expected this week to propose a state level version of the federal Family and Medical Leave...

April 24, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Administrative Law Judge John Spooner decided that only a reprimand is appropriate as punishment for a New York City worker accused of failing...

April 21, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 6th Circuit US Court of Appeals has determined that a third party health plan administrator is a fiduciary under the Employee Retirement...

April 20, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A disability plan participant lost her legal battle against her employer's human resources department over an HR employee's failure to enroll her earlier...

April 20, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Department of Labor's Employee Benefit Security Administration (EBSA) has issued guidance regarding the allocation of mutual fund settlements among beneficiaries and who...

April 20, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Department of Labor (DoL) has announced the publication of final rules and a class exemption that allow financial institutions to take responsibility...

April 20, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Department of Labor (DoL) has announced the publication of final rules and a class exemption that allow financial institutions to take responsibility...

April 20, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has issued new guidelines aimed at helping employers combat more subtle forms of race discrimination.

April 20, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A sexual harassment lawsuit by a former assistant on the hit NBC sitcom "Friends" has been dismissed by the California Supreme Court.

April 19, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Congressional lawmakers have reportedly targeted their May 29 Memorial Day recess as the latest in a series of informal deadlines by which they...

April 19, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois has decided that participants in an Aon Corp. retirement plan may continue with...

April 19, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue signed into law a measure that will allow the state's active black police officers who were denied access to...

April 18, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the firing of an employee experiencing side effects of a diabetes medication was...

April 18, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Department of Labor (DoL) has announced it has expanded and simplified the Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program (VFC) that allows employers and professional...