Compliance

February 28, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US House Republicans are trying one more time to push a sweeping pension reform bill through Congress with the GOP controlling both sides...

April 1, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Bear Stearns senior managing director suffering from heart disease and extreme anxiety over additional cardiac problems is not entitled to continuing long-term...

January 28, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Workers reporting wrongdoing to Congress may now be afforded greater protection, after the US Department of Labor (DoL) changed its interpretation of a...

April 1, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) is moving to take over the underfunded pension plan sponsored by Liam Ventures Inc., a privately owned...

January 28, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is expected to float a proposal to establish a self-regulatory body to oversee the US mutual...

April 1, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appeals court has ruled that only "substantial" compliance with the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) is needed in order to...

January 28, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Garden State employers can rely on subjective criteria to fire a worker unless the employee's contract specifies otherwise, the New Jersey Supreme Court...

March 31, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In an interesting twist in the same-sex marriage debate, a Connecticut couple filing for an annulment of their civil marriage have been told...

March 31, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has blocked a federal agency from implementing a controversial rule allowing employers to cut back or eliminate retiree health benefits...

March 30, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A New York Court of Appeals has narrowly ruled that a state policy that taxes out-of-state telecommuters on 100% of their income does...

March 30, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) Section 510 protects employees who question a 401(k) plan's funding status from discrimination, a federal appeals court...

March 30, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Supreme Court has ruled that age discrimination need not be intentional for employers to be held liable for its effects.

March 29, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US Supreme Court justices on Tuesday expanded the protection of the Title IX anti-discrimination statute to not only cover victims, but those who...

March 28, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appeals court has upheld the ruling of a lower court that a long-term disability (LTD) insurance provider did not act improperly...

March 28, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal court has ruled that the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) does not have a fiduciary duty to correct the mistakes of...

March 28, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Illinois Supreme Court has ruled that a man who had a heart attack after work is eligible for workers compensation benefits.

March 25, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Two pilots for a commuter carrier later acquired by American Airlines have lost another round in their legal battle against the company and...

March 25, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A wife who sought a restraining order against her husband - an event that resulted in his being fired as a sheriff's deputy...

March 24, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A New York state appeals court has upheld a workers compensation law that excludes death benefits for domestic partners.

March 23, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Department of Labor (DoL) has settled charges that the trustees of 10 pension and health plans invested plan assets in risky private...