Supreme Court To Decide On Federal Employees Access to Court
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...
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PBGC To Replace Checks Lost Due to Katrina
September 2, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) is offering next day direct deposit of benefits missed due to Hurricane Katrina.
UK Funding Rules Put Off until October 31
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...
Judge: Oral COBRA Notice Legally Sufficient
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...
After-the-Fact Add-On Wrong for Arbitration Agreement
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.
Alaska Jibes State OT Law with Fed Law
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...
IRS Releases DC Plan Document Language
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...
Court Upholds Early Retirement Denial for Employee on LTD
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...
Rulings Show Participants Invested in Co. Stock Have Recourse
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...
Appeals Court Declares Des Moines Early Retirement Plan Discriminatory
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...
DoL Issues Notice of Form LM-30 Changes
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,...
Court Denies Venue Change for ERISA Case
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...
DoL Proposes Electronic Filing of Form 5500
August 29, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Department of Labor's (DoL's) Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) office has published a proposed regulation requiring plans to file the Form...
IRS Lays Out Staggered Remedial Amendment Schedule
August 26, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service on Friday issued new guidance on how it would handle consideration of remedial amendments for individually-designed and pre-approved qualified...
SC Court Extends TERI Suit to All State Workers
August 26, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Justices of the South Carolina Supreme Court have ruled that a lawsuit by four retirees over the Teacher and Employee Retention Incentive (TERI)...
Employer Hit with $2,500 Fine for Plan Information Disclosure Delay
August 26, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has slapped a Puerto Rican company with a $2,500 fine for delaying its response to an employee's inquiry about the...
California Woman Loses LTD Benefits Challenge
August 26, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appeals court has upheld a lower court ruling that the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) offers no legal remedy to...
US Treasury and IRS Issue Final Regulations on Abusive Transactions
August 26, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Treasury Department and the IRS have issued final regulations completing a two year project to stop abusive transactions involving section 412(i) plans...
Appeals Court Upholds Denial of Supplemental Benefits
August 26, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US 6th Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court ruling in a case where a former General Motors Corp. (GM)...
Witness in Co-Worker Case Claims Retaliation by Employer
August 26, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled for an employee who claims she was retaliated against by her employer after she...