Compliance

March 30, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) has announced the successful end of its effort to prevent abandonment by WCI Steel Inc. of its...

March 28, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - After getting flooded with public comments regarding Section 409A rules on non-qualified deferred compensation plans, federal officials now caution not to expect final...

March 28, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The IRS has issued final rules to ensure clear explanations are given to retiring pension plan participants of the benefit options available to...

March 28, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Both sides of the Maryland Legislature are holding firm that their pension reform proposals are better suited to enhance retirement paychecks.

March 27, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the District of New Jersey dismissed some defendants and left intact charges against others in a case charging...

March 27, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Florida lawmakers are expected this week to take up controversial measures allowing people to keep weapons locked in their cars while they are...

March 27, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A California state judge has tentatively excused five of eight former city and pension officials from a lawsuit accusing the group of illegally...

March 24, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Two retired employees of General Electric have filed a lawsuit against the company claiming it breached its fiduciary duties under the Employee Retirement...

March 24, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) is seeking private legal advice to help sort through a range of possible financial scenarios involving General...

March 24, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Members of the Atlanta City Council this week gave unanimous backing to measures that would allow participants in the city's three pension funds...

March 23, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the District of Massachusetts has ruled that former profit sharing plan participants lack standing to obtain relief for...

March 22, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's high court has rebuffed efforts to appeal a ruling that Allstate Insurance did not commit age discrimination during a 1999 corporate...

March 22, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - BP Corporation of North America and UBS Global Management have agreed to the joint $7 million settlements of two lawsuits over allegations employees'...

March 22, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service has released IRS Notice 2006-33 that provides transitional relief to nonqualified plans whose assets are held in certain off-shore...

March 22, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in Michigan has ruled that Ford Motor Co. was out of line when it told the ex-wife of a dead...

March 21, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While Congressional conferees were engaged in reviewing/reconciling pension reform bills - one passed by the House, the other by the Senate - a...

March 21, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appellate court has overturned a lower court ruling dismissing an employer's suit against a former employee over alleged violations of the...

March 21, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Colorado legislature has moved forward a parental leave bill that will require employers to have a policy allowing employees paid time off...

March 21, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An Indiana auto parts manufacturer was under no obligation to continue retiree health coverage after a series of union contracts expired, a federal...

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.