Compliance

June 15, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The administrative committee of a Wal-Mart health plan acted arbitrarily by refusing to cover a beneficiary's medical expenses because she refused to sign...

June 14, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Two key US Senators have asked the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) for more information about hundreds of underfunded pension plans, which the...

June 14, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has barred a plaintiffs lawyer from participating in a sexual harassment lawsuit against a hotel company after finding that the...

June 10, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's insurer of private-sector pensions could be faced with a $71 billion deficit by 2015, according to a new estimate.

June 10, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Several thousand TPAs, consultants and other retirement plan service providers would be expected to register with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) if the...

June 10, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A defense company who won a contract to provide support services at a military base had no obligation to hire a returning military...

June 9, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Because retired steel workers had no vested rights to reimbursement of their Medicare Part B premiums, their former employer was within its rights...

June 9, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A group of US House Republicans on Thursday weighed into the ongoing pension reform debate with a comprehensive reform package of their own.

June 9, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A bipartisan pension reform measure introduced Thursday in the US Senate encourages plan sponsors to institute automatic plan enrollment and extends tax credits...

June 8, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A prominent US Senate Republican has now agreed to support a measure allowing commercial air carriers more time to make required pension contributions...

June 8, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal magistrate has ruled that a defined benefit plan administrative committee breached its fiduciary duties even though it did not intentionally miscalculate...

June 7, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Disabled passengers of foreign-flagged cruise ships can sue for violations of US laws prohibiting discrimination against the disabled in public places, the US...

June 7, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A former US Treasury Department tax counsel offered a spirited defense of cash balance and other hybrid pension plans during Congressional testimony Tuesday.

June 6, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A top federal regulator told a recent conference that the US Department of Labor (DoL) is considering creating a safe harbor provision in...

June 6, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal watchdog agency has recommended wholesale changes to the annual Form 5500 that will enable regulators to better track and respond to...

June 2, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appeals court has upheld a lower court ruling that a doctor is not entitled to a preliminary injunction barring a Chicago...

June 1, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Connecticut employers would be mandated to cover medically necessary fertility treatment expenses under a bill that passed the state Senate Tuesday.

January 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) and California state and local government employers have agreed to a record out-of-court settlement of an...

January 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The financial health of the nation's pension insurer, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), will be the subject of a Congressional inquiry, lawmakers announced.

January 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A sweeping retirement savings package from the Bush administration is expected create a simplified universal retirement plan with major changes to 401(k)s and...