Compliance

November 19, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) does not constitute a 'right to rest' for service personnel returning to work, an...

November 19, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal officials on Friday released the 2005 maximum contribution levels for health savings accounts (HSAs) and out-of-pocket spending limits for High Deductible Health...

November 19, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) Advisory Council has recommended new rules forcing employers and providers to disclose fees that mutual-fund companies...

November 19, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appeals court has ruled that employees of a riverboat casino qualified for a Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) exemption on overtime...

November 18, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has settled a discrimination suit brought by white male applicants to immigration judge posts who feel that...

November 18, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The alteration of the definition of a 'dependent' in the Working Families Tax Relief Act of 2004 does not apply to employer-based medical...

November 17, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal judges should not automatically agree to hear new evidence in disability benefits denial cases just because the plan administrator reviewed the matter...

November 17, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A US Tax Court Judge has ruled that a loan taken from a 401(k) plan participant's account and was then never fully repaid...

November 16, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Department of Labor (DoL) Secretary Elaine Chou has halted her efforts to get a protection order against a law firm that allegedly sent...

November 16, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal district court in New York City has approved a final settlement of $79 million for the benefit of workers and retirees...

November 12, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The IRS Director of Employee Plans has alerted employee plan staff that certain retirement plans schemes may violate the discrimination code of qualified...

November 15, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has released guidelines on the actuarial assumptions that are required for distributions with annuity starting dates occurring during...

November 15, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - For the first time in 40 years, federal officials have clarified the laws and rules governing 403(b) plans with the release of proposed...

November 15, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), the agency that rescues failed private-sector pension funds, posted a $23.3-billion deficit for fiscal year 2004, more...

November 12, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - CIGNA Corp. was wrong when it prevented a 15-year employee from staying in its traditional pension plan and forced him into a less...

November 11, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Current and former Iowa state troopers chalked up another victory in their battle for back pay as the state's high court ruled that...

November 10, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal government officials have proposed allowing employers to launch "phased retirement" arrangements where workers would gradually reduce their workload as they transition to...

November 10, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have released a document at the request of the...

November 9, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Joseph Buscone, a Massachusetts property manager who is being sued for shortchanging his company's pension plan, is now refuting the charges.

November 9, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appeals court has turned away an appeal by a woman who claims her former employer's long-term disability policy carrier was wrong...