Compliance

February 8, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An e-mail to an employee offering severance benefits of six months salary did not create an Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) severance...

February 7, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Employee Benefits Security Administration has launched a new Web page for the Bush Administration's pension reform proposal.

February 7, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Daniel S. Geiger, 53, was sentenced to a nine-year sentence last week for taking $6.7 million from the pension funds of now-defunct Standard-Coosa-Thatcher...

February 7, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Warning that the financial integrity of the nation's insurer of private defined benefit pensions was up in the air, the Bush Administration has...

February 4, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Connecticut small businesses could reap savings of 15% or more from a health coverage purchasing pool.

February 4, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's most prominent lobbying group for older Americans has gone to court to block the Bush Administration from making a policy change...

February 3, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Department of Labor (DoL) has announced proposed rules to implement provisions of the Pension Funding Equity Act of 2004.

February 26, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal court jury awarded more than $14 million to a former ConAgra Poultry line supervisor following his claims of being fired due...

February 2, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) is taking over three US Airways pension plans with a collective $2.5 billion deficit that cover more...

February 2, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A bipartisan Congressional group on Wednesday introduced a bill to create associated health plans (AHPs) for small businesses.

February 2, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A health and dental plan administrator who refused to pay over $100,000 for dental surgery did not act incorrectly, a federal court has...

February 26, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) has unveiled a new compliance assistance program to help employers and health plans fulfill...

February 26, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Acts of fraud and a fiduciary breach were not enough for a company executive to forfeit his right to benefits under a "top...

February 1, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Maryland Court of Special Appeals has ruled that an employee fired for complaining about her employer's transfer of funds from a company...

February 1, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A bipartisan United States Senate duo on Tuesday introduced a sweeping pension reform bill containing new participant protections for company stock investments among...

January 31, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - When writing legislation to reform the nation's defined benefit private pension system, lawmakers should give employers more ability to use pension surpluses for...

January 28, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service has again modified the effective date of 2003 final rules regarding plan sponsors' responsibility to disclose the values of...

January 28, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A US Court of Appeals has ruled that a debtor's Employee Retirement Income Security Act-qualified profit-sharing plan is not part of his bankruptcy...

January 26, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Because use of the Archer Medical Savings Account (MSA) has turned out to be far below the statutory ceiling set by federal law,...

January 26, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Department of Labor has announced that it has reached a settlement with Modtech Holdings Inc. - a designer and manufacturer of modular...