Compliance

February 16, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has ordered a Washington, DC-based insurance broker to repay $955,515 to its employee benefit plan clients - money the court...

February 15, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A bipartisan Congressional group has reintroduced a bill giving Americans tax incentives to buy annuities for retirement savings.

February 14, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) has reached an agreement with Rosemore Inc. over the strengthening of a subsidiary's pension plan

February 11, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A bipartisan US Senate group has proposed allowing workers to carry forward up to $500 in unused Flexible Spending Account (FSA) funds to...

February 10, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Chicago lawyer accused of cursing and displaying improper behavior during an unfavorable performance review has won a $300,000 defamation lawsuit against his...

February 10, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A group of Republican lawmakers in the US House of Representatives has introduced a package of proposed changes at the Occupational Safety and...

February 9, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Arbitrators have brushed off claims that a dyslexic Pennsylvania investor overspent her Merrill Lynch brokerage account because the company did not accommodate her...

February 8, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Faced with a pending $4 billion budget shortfall, New Jersey officials are considering taxing K plan contributions as a way to pump an...

February 8, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An e-mail to an employee offering severance benefits of six months salary did not create an Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) severance...

February 8, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has won a suit brought against The Dial Corporation that alleged that a pre-employment strength test discriminated...

February 7, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Daniel S. Geiger, 53, was sentenced to a nine-year sentence last week for taking $6.7 million from the pension funds of now-defunct Standard-Coosa-Thatcher...

February 7, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Warning that the financial integrity of the nation's insurer of private defined benefit pensions was up in the air, the Bush Administration has...

February 7, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Employee Benefits Security Administration has launched a new Web page for the Bush Administration's pension reform proposal.

February 4, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Connecticut small businesses could reap savings of 15% or more from a health coverage purchasing pool.

February 4, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's most prominent lobbying group for older Americans has gone to court to block the Bush Administration from making a policy change...

February 3, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Department of Labor (DoL) has announced proposed rules to implement provisions of the Pension Funding Equity Act of 2004.

February 26, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Acts of fraud and a fiduciary breach were not enough for a company executive to forfeit his right to benefits under a "top...

February 2, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) is taking over three US Airways pension plans with a collective $2.5 billion deficit that cover more...

February 26, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal court jury awarded more than $14 million to a former ConAgra Poultry line supervisor following his claims of being fired due...

February 2, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A bipartisan Congressional group on Wednesday introduced a bill to create associated health plans (AHPs) for small businesses.