Compliance

September 26, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US 6th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower court's ruling and decided that a deceased participant's husband was due her employer-provided...

September 23, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois has denied the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation's (PBGC) motion for an order approving...

September 22, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has said in an informal advisory letter that pregnancy-related disabilities should be treated in the same manner...

September 21, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appellate court has upheld a ruling for the Kentucky Retirement System, turning away arguments that it violated federal laws against workplace...

September 21, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A district court judge has found that a deceased participant's children lack standing to sue the participant's retirement plan for denying them benefits.

September 21, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal regulators have proposed stricter rules on how mutual funds can spend soft dollars and have invited public comment on the move over...

September 21, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted unanimously to give small businesses another year-long extension to comply with the 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley internal controls...

September 20, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Michigan federal judge has ruled that retirees can't sue their former employer in state court over a program requiring only younger retirees...

September 19, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A proposed federal law barring discrimination against federal workers on the basis of sexual orientation was passed by a US House panel.

September 19, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) has issued informal guidance for participant notice from plan sponsors of underfunded pension plans.

September 19, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal officials have announced extension to health plan coverage deadlines so that employees and employers affected by Hurricane Katrina will have the much-needed...

September 19, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Western District of Tennessee found that an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) trustee breached his fiduciary duties...

September 16, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Delaware federal judge has thrown out part of a lawsuit filed by a former AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals employee over a required health coverage...

September 16, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released two guidance documents on how it will handle the Health Insurance Portability...

September 16, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has cleared officials at Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corporation of fiduciary breach charges in connection with a lawsuit by an employee...

September 16, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals decided that a retiree could not change his surviving spouse election even after she signed a...

September 15, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The federal government would subsidize group health insurance premiums of plans sponsored by employers in areas affected by Hurricane Katrina under a measure...

September 15, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A West Virginia federal judge has awarded a dead participant's ex-wife benefits even though the couple's qualified domestic relations order (QDRO) was not...

September 15, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hurricane Katrina has caused a delay in the issuance of the second round of guidance under Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code,...

September 15, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) and the IRS have issued guidance on helping Hurricane Katrina victims obtain distributions and...