Compliance

April 28, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appeals court has upheld a provision in a series of stock option agreements calling for the company stock to be recovered...

April 26, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's anti-discrimination agency last week was deluged with angry calls and e-mails from AARP members about federal officials' controversial health benefits decision.

April 26, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com)—New Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) rules enacted by the U.S. Department of Labor's (DoL) last week must be complied with by August 23, 2004,...

April 23, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) turned its attention to its Employee Plans determination letter program in two recent releases.

April 23, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - All appeals challenging an agreement between CIGNA HealthCare and some 700,000 physicians have been dismissed by a federal court of appeals.

April 23, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The top five executives of a public company would reimburse the firm for profits on options if the company's stock price declined in...

April 22, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Active National Guard and Reserve troops could pull money out of their retirement savings plans without the customary 10% early withdrawal penalty under...

April 22, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals found parachuting accidents are not covered under an accidental death and dismemberment insurance plan (AD&D) and thus...

April 22, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal anti-discrimination officials have approved an exemption from the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) allowing employers to coordinate retirement health-care coverage with...

April 21, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The latest legislation to allow Americans to fill their prescriptions in Canada was introduced Wednesday by a diverse group of Republican and Democratic...

April 20, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Two businessmen who sold health-care plans to employers that involved an illegal disguise of wages as health-care benefits have been sued by the...

April 20, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao has unveiled changes to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) of 1938, which Chao says will guarantee...

April 19, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) has taken to court the former owner of a Memphis-based staff leasing firm for leaving participants in...

April 16, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has shed some light in an information letter on the design and implementation of automatic enrollment programs in...

April 16, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger got his wish Friday as state lawmakers gave overwhelming approval to comprehensive workers' compensation reform heralded as a money...

April 15, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Minnesota's Human Rights Act does not extend protection to church employees involved in religious work.

April 15, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A man who claimed his former employer couldn't legally require him to "value" other workers, including homosexuals, because of his Christian beliefs has...

April 14, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's private pension insurer has announced plans to assume responsibility for the pensions of 1,300 employees and retirees of Sound Shore Medical...

April 14, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) is assuming responsibility for the pensions of more than 1,300 employees and retirees of Ameripol Synpol Corp.

April 13, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employees of BellSouth Corp can continue their fiduciary breach lawsuit against fiduciaries of the company's retirement savings plan.