Compliance

April 30, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has proposed rule changes geared towards getting corporate executives to keep investors in the loop and guarding...

March 18, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has approved a settlement worth almost $68 million in a class-action ERISA suit brought by Rite Aid workers.

March 18, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A bankruptcy-reform measure working its way through the US House of Representatives includes protection for funds from withheld or contributed employee retirement payments...

March 18, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Department of Labor (DoL) has taken a Chicago company and its president to court for improperly using plan assets to pay...

March 18, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A closely watched lawsuit expected to test the legal liability limits for firms gobbling up parts of Arthur Andersen LLP's business last year...

June 3, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A human resource (HR) representative performing an administrative function requiring no discretion is not considered a benefits plan fiduciary under the guidelines set...

June 3, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Labor unions may offer and administer an eligible 457 retirement savings plan maintained by state and local government employers for their unionized workforce,...

June 3, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's private pension insurer initiated a pre-emptive strike designed to help preserve enough Enron Corp. assets to cover its pension obligations as...

June 3, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday approved a bill that would create personal reemployment accounts of up to $3,000 to help jobless...

June 2, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An employee who defers money into an unfunded, non-qualified deferred compensation plan is subject to personal state income tax on the deferrals in...

June 2, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Wednesday gave a tentative nod to rules for banks that want to get into the...

February 18, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Canadian plan sponsors in Ontario may have to change the way they value participant pension plans if New Democratic Party (NDP) proposals become...

January 30, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new pension bill purports to offer participants '100% control' in the investment of their 401(k) accounts - but that control could carry...

January 30, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A US House committee investigating the collapse of energy giant Enron and allegations of possible wrongdoing in its retirement plans, has scheduled two...

January 30, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Washington insiders said that while president Bush successfully brought pension issues to the forefront by a mention in his State of the Union...

January 30, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A lawsuit by group of current and former workers at a Maine chicken processing plant, who claim they should be paid for putting...

January 30, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The protections under the Mental Health Parity Act of 1996 (MHPA) have been extended until December 31, 2002, the Department of Labor (DoL)...

May 27, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has provided plan sponsors a "cheat sheet" of audit triggers following the closure of 45,000 examinations of employee...

May 27, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mutual fund managers must now report personal investments in their own funds and abide by other ethical strictures.

May 27, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) has filed a lawsuit against Vacuum Research Corporation after the company allegedly failed to restore employee contributions...