Compliance

July 15, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Minnesota legislature passed a bill to increase employer contributions to the Public Employees Retirement Association (PERA) to 7% of payroll in 2010,...

July 14, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal officials have released proposed regulations dealing with how employers can properly use electronic media to provide employee and beneficiary notice and information...

July 13, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US House of Representatives has approved a four-bill Republican-sponsored package containing sweeping reforms of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).

July 13, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal tax officials have put out new rules allowing an officer or duly authorized agent to sign a company's employment tax form either...

July 13, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal tax officials say they have received a "strong turnout" for their offer to settle up with companies that participated in an illegal...

July 12, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal officials have worked out a deal to give the Enron 401(k) and employee stock ownership plans a $305.3 million claim in Enron's...

July 12, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's (EEOC) plan to downgrade eight of its 23 district offices and add two local offices in Mobile, Alabama...

July 12, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Two members of the US Senate Finance Committee have introduced proposals to change tax provisions relating to health benefit coverage.

July 12, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has asked a Philadelphia federal judge to take another look at her March 30 decision that...

July 12, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Texas Supreme Court has denied a motion for rehearing a trial, finding that Diamond Shamrock Refining Co. L.P. was not guilty of...

July 11, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A bill has been introduced in Congress to allow tax-free distributions from Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs) for gifts to charity.

July 8, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A long-running battle by employees of a now-defunct boat building company over whether the employer should be held responsible for not funding its...

July 7, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appeals court has sent back to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) a case against Anheuser-Busch Cos. for use of hidden...

July 7, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A district court judge has ruled that American International Life Assurance Co. of New York (AIG) did not violate federal law when it...

July 7, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal officials have hit two Illinois residents with a federal court lawsuit charging them with improperly imposing plan fees and a variety of...

July 6, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Bush administration has taken aim on a sweeping pension reform bill wending its way through Congress, charging that it doesn't sufficiently deal...

July 6, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has rejected a $16.5 million settlement in the company stock case between Electronic Data Systems Corp. (EDS) and current and...

July 6, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A US House Democrat has introduced legislation forbidding discrimination against federal employees on the basis of sexual orientation.

July 6, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A San Antonio, Texas jury found that Humana Inc. was partially responsible for a former patient's death and must pay part of the...

July 5, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A bill that would change the taxation rules on domestic partner benefits has been reintroduced in the Senate.