Compliance

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...

November 9, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A New Jersey appeals court has ruled that a man whose ex-wife had substantial holdings in a Honeywell stock option plan has lost...

November 8, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has slapped a former cancer treatment facility worker with a 16-month jail term for violating federal privacy laws by stealing...

November 5, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A California court has ruled that a 2001 law that permits co-workers to sue each other for sexual and other types of harassment...

November 5, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit against an Illinois company after ruling that the firm complied with federal continuing health insurance...

November 5, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers must now provide employees and company agents at all levels with compliance and ethics training under amended federal law.

November 4, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employees of chemical and material company W.R. Grace & Co. have filed a class-action lawsuit against their employer, alleging that the company and...

November 3, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has ruled that top executives were responsible for what their subordinates were or were not doing in a case of...

November 1, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A US District Court has ruled that a plan insurer is not bound by misstatements made by the plan sponsor regarding coverage in...

January 23, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Eastman Kodak Co. has been ordered to give back $9.6 million, plus interest, to the federal government for improperly billing pension costs to...

January 23, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A health maintenance organization (HMO) that charges prescription drug copayments higher than its costs doesn't violate the terms of its plans or breach...

January 23, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) has reached a deal with Burlington, Ontario-based Laidlaw Inc to strengthen seven pension plans sponsored by its...