Compliance

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...

January 13, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A case now before the US Supreme Court should decide whether corporate executives responding to public allegations of wrongdoing are cloaked by First...

January 13, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Second Court of Appeals has found a plan administrator who denied a participant's claim for sex change surgery reimbursement, did so in...

January 13, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Republican Congressman has re-introduced a bill that would strike the current requirement that Americans start withdrawing money from their Individual Retirement Accounts...

January 13, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and US Treasury officials are asking for help from plan sponsors and others about how best to provide guidance...

January 25, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge finally stepped in to stop the shredding of Enron-related documents by Arthur Andersen LLP.

January 13, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Supreme Court is set to hear arguments in a case over family leave policies for state workers, seeking to resolve the...

January 13, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Corporate benefits officials will be closely watching a US Supreme Court review of a Kentucky law giving patients access to any health care...

January 13, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - ERISA blocks legal claims under state law by former employees who allege their former employer breached its fiduciary responsibility by not paying them...

January 13, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A US Appeals Court has found an employee injured while working a side job on an independent contractor basis was not entitled to...

December 31, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employee benefit plans may settle legal claims for cash without violating ERISA's prohibited transaction rules.

December 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors may want to take a look at the latest incarnation of the 2003 Form 5500 along with tips from federal regulators...

December 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Even in bankruptcy, companies trying to determine their unfunded pension liability are required to adhere to the US Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation's (PBGC)...

December 29, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Mental Health Parity Act (MHPA) sunset date has been extended for a year until December 31, 2004 as a result of a...

December 23, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's private pension insurer has given plan sponsors in several areas of the country hit by natural disasters an extension to file...

December 23, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A bill signed into law by President Bush caps at 6% the amount of interest employer retirement plans and other lenders can charge...

December 23, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Las Vegas man who allegedly reaped about $175 million in profits from improper late trading and market timing of Alliance Capital Management...