Compliance

January 6, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participants have to prove their plan assets are being held in a trust for their benefit in order to shelter those assets from...

June 25, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - California state law may protect workers over 40 from discrimination in hiring, firing, demotion, and suspension, but not in the awarding of benefits,...

June 25, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service have extended the moratorium on employment tax withholding on stock plans.

April 25, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - There are now only nine states that have not adopted EGTRRA conforming legislation, according to a report from Deloitte & Touche.

April 25, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new bill from a Pennsylvania Republican congressman sets up a federal trust fund to help beleaguered US steelmakers fund their legacy retirement...

April 25, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The union representing Hawaii state police has sued the Hawaii state legislature for balancing the state budget with $346.9 million that the union...

April 25, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Legislation that would ban workplace discrimination against homosexuals is headed back to the Senate floor, following approval yesterday by the Senate Health, Education,...

March 25, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Democrats had a strong and visceral reaction to proposed health privacy rules issued by the Bush administration last week.

March 25, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal bankruptcy appeals court has held that an undistributed payment pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order (QDRO) from a retirement plan...

March 13, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US House of Representatives has given a thumbs up to a bill creating a network of oversight groups to monitor reports of...

March 13, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nursing home industry is the first in a series of professions to get government guidelines on how employers can cut the number...

February 25, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US Supreme Court justices have declined a request to review a lower court ruling in a 17-year-old discrimination case involving the Alabama Department...

February 13, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan participants can't sue ERISA fiduciaries for violating their constitutional due process by refusing to pay their requested long-term disability benefits, a federal...

February 13, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A prominent US Department of Labor (DoL) official has called on lawmakers in Washington to pass the Pension Security Act (PSA) in order...

February 25, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As February draws to a close, a number of Enron-related hearings are scheduled on the Hill - with a combination of new participants...

February 25, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) has asked a federal judge in Los Angeles to appoint the pension fund as lead plaintiff...

January 2, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Bondholders of the bankrupt WCI Steel have been given the green light to file a lawsuit to stop the beleaguered company from funneling...

January 2, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Massachusetts Senator John Kerry, a Democratic presidential contender, wants to help small companies set up pension programs.

January 2, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite opposition from both the United States House and Senate, a final rule changing the Fair Labor Standards Act's (FLSA) overtime provisions should...

January 13, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Major changes are in store for the Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration (PWBA), as President Bush has stated the fiscal year 2004 budget...