Compliance

February 2, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A health and dental plan administrator who refused to pay over $100,000 for dental surgery did not act incorrectly, a federal court has...

February 26, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) has unveiled a new compliance assistance program to help employers and health plans fulfill...

February 1, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Maryland Court of Special Appeals has ruled that an employee fired for complaining about her employer's transfer of funds from a company...

February 1, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A bipartisan United States Senate duo on Tuesday introduced a sweeping pension reform bill containing new participant protections for company stock investments among...

January 31, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - When writing legislation to reform the nation's defined benefit private pension system, lawmakers should give employers more ability to use pension surpluses for...

January 28, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service has again modified the effective date of 2003 final rules regarding plan sponsors' responsibility to disclose the values of...

January 28, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A US Court of Appeals has ruled that a debtor's Employee Retirement Income Security Act-qualified profit-sharing plan is not part of his bankruptcy...

January 26, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Department of Labor has announced that it has reached a settlement with Modtech Holdings Inc. - a designer and manufacturer of modular...

January 26, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Because use of the Archer Medical Savings Account (MSA) has turned out to be far below the statutory ceiling set by federal law,...

January 25, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The federal government's watchdog agency has decided to keep the federal private pension insurance single-employer program on its list of "high risk" items...

January 25, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Final regulations regarding how certain distributions in defined contribution plans can be eliminated without coming into conflict with anti-cutback provisions have been issued...

January 24, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pennsylvania Department of Revenue has pulled back its 2004 policy notice regarding the state income tax status of income deferred under a...

January 24, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The New York Supreme Court has dismissed a case alleging that the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) discriminated against a same-sex partner by denying...

January 21, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers who opt for the new retiree drug subsidy contained in recent Medicare reform legislation would get an average annual tax-free payment of...

January 21, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appeals court reinstated a lawsuit against a South Carolina company over allegations it didn't forward worker health plan contributions and caused...

January 21, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has ruled that state law, federal confidentiality law and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) do not prohibit...

January 20, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Reversing a lower court's ruling, the US 6th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that a long-term disability benefit plan participant who worked...

January 19, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) has announced that it will assume responsibility for the pensions of about 4,500 employees of outdoor power...

January 18, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers are required starting February 1 to post a workplace injuries and illness summary, according to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).

January 18, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers are required starting February 1 to post a workplace injuries and illness summary, according to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).