Compliance

September 9, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Even though an employer's failure to provide COBRA notice to a former employee was an "oversight" or "honest error" according to the company,...

September 8, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal appellate judges have cleared an ESOP administrator of wrongdoing over allegations the administrator improperly kept two participants from diversifying their company stock...

September 8, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US 11th Circuit Court of Appeals refused to reopen a racial discrimination case filed by a former BellSouth Corporation attorney.

September 8, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger said he will veto the bill legalizing same-sex marriage "out of respect for the will of the people."

September 7, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A bill to recognize same-sex marriages was passed by the California Legislature this week, after a previous defeat in the Assembly in June.

September 7, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) on Wednesday issued guidance on how plan sponsors who have amended a cafeteria plan to add a grace...

September 6, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal from the US 9th Circuit Court of Appeals that said federal employees could not...

September 6, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a lower court's dismissal of a sexual harassment case, saying that actions that are...

September 6, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A district court judge threw out a participant's charge that he was specifically discriminated against when his employer terminated its 401(k) plan for...

September 2, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) is offering next day direct deposit of benefits missed due to Hurricane Katrina.

September 1, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Michigan man suing his former employer over his health coverage won a mixed legal victory when a federal judge cleared the engineering...

September 1, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appellate court has ruled that a federal judge cannot impose after-the-fact conditions on the winner of an arbitration award.

September 1, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The UK's Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has delayed the effective date of the new funding requirements for defined benefit pension plans...

August 31, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Alaska state lawmakers have updated their Wage and Hour Act to make it jibe more consistently with the 2004 changes in federal labor...

August 30, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Two recent court rulings provide assurance to participants who invest their retirement savings in company stock that they have recourse when company actions...

August 30, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Des Moines Public School system's early retirement plan discriminated against older employees because it barred those 65 years old and older from...

August 30, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is lending a hand to plan sponsors drafting plan documents by supplying wording for defined contribution programs that...

August 30, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower court ruling that an employer arbitrarily denied early retirement benefits to an employee...

August 29, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Department of Labor's (DoL's) Office of Labor Management Standards (OLMS) has published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to update the Form LM-30,...

August 29, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A judge in the US District Court for the District of Maryland decided that it was the proper venue for an ERISA case...