Compliance

March 2, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued guidelines under which a corporation's subchapter S election will not be terminated when an employee...

January 15, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Corporate executives won't be able to trade company stock if employees in a pension or retirement plan can't do so, the US Securities...

November 15, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A former Babies "R" Us employee who claimed he was sexually harassed and once forcibly partially undressed has won a $205,000 lawsuit settlement,...

March 1, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The federal government has taken note of some of the more hazardous workplaces in the US - and has cautioned employers that they...

March 1, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Department of Labor (DoL) has released a proposed regulation giving details about how plan sponsors and financial institutions can implement new...

March 1, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite the Catholic church's teaching against birth control, California's highest court has ruled that a Catholic charity still has to offer prescription contraceptives...

January 15, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A fired sales administrator for a Vermont apparel maker has the right to sue her ex-employer for breaching an implied contract despite a...

February 27, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - International Business Machines (IBM) prevailed in a closely watched trial yesterday, as a jury found that Big Blue was not responsible for the...

February 27, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A domestic relations order that alters a previous qualified domestic relations order (QDRO) with the same participant and alternate payee but different pension...

February 27, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Public workers in California hired and staffed through a staffing agency cannot be denied retirement benefits.

February 26, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has pushed back the compliance deadlines for annual reports to included more detailed financial information.

February 25, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mark McClellan's refusal to permit the reimportation of prescription drugs from Canada while heading the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) may stall...

February 25, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A female former Federal Express tractor- trailer driver who claimed she was effectively forced out by a pattern of sexual harassment including vehicle...

February 25, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With an eye toward curbing market timing abuses in mutual funds, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has proposed requiring funds to...

February 25, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An ex-wife is entitled to recover proceeds from an Individual Retirement Account (IRA) withdrawal her former spouse initiated, even though the withdrawal occurred...

February 25, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Even though numerous surveys have shown the most Americans are already underutilizing their workplace retirement plans, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan is calling...

February 25, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Prescription-benefits manager (PBM) Express Scripts Inc. is the target of a US Department of Labor (DoL) investigation over possible violations of the Employee...

February 25, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Lawmakers on Wednesday gave thumbs up to an amendment barring mutual fund firms from charging investors a marketing fee for closed funds.

February 25, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com)— Orlando, Florida - Although Bush's revised retirement plan proposals have earned the support of the American Society of Pension Actuaries (ASPA), plan sponsors might...

February 25, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As anticipated, the SEC has decided, by a 4-to-1 vote, to see what the public thinks about a mandatory redemption fee on quick,...