Compliance

January 28, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is giving plan sponsors impacted by the September 11 attacks more time to make required contributions.

January 28, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Department of Labor's Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration (PWBA), the Internal Revenue Service and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation have released...

January 28, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Simply because a General Mills forklift operator claims he is unable to work beyond an eight-hour shift doesn't make him eligible for workplace...

April 1, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) Two key lawmakers have added their names to the list calling on the Securities and Exchange to exercise caution in implementing its proposed "hard...

April 1, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. House of Representatives and Senate conferees have adopted a stopgap pension proposal that now goes to the floors of both chambers before...

January 28, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Week one of the Enron hearings provided few insights - but a fair amount of finger-pointing - about the activities and events of...

March 31, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com)—Thursday is an important day for some retirees: the date by which they must take the first required minimum distribution (RMD) from their 401(k), IRA,...

March 31, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) has obtained a consent judgment against the former president of SAI Plus.

March 31, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As federal lawmakers continue wrangling about a replacement interest rate to use in calculating pension benefits, the federal private pension insurer has given...

March 31, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced Wednesday that it was extending the remedial amendment period for fixing certain disqualifying plan provisions.

March 30, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer said health insurance companies have been withholding information from patients about which procedures they consider medically...

March 30, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers offering a Health Savings Account (HSA) tied to a high deductible health plan (HDHP) got a bit of guidance on Tuesday dealing...

March 30, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Companion proposals in the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives to create tax-advantaged Lifetime Savings Accounts (LSA) for all Americans have...

March 29, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Supreme Court of the United States has agreed to hear a case to determine if older employees have rights similar to those...

March 29, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Department of Labor (DOL) hasn't revealed much about the content of its soon-to-be released final rules on overtime pay, but the final...

March 29, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A number of legislators - including pension champions Rob Portman (R-Ohio), Ben Cardin (D-Maryland), and Earl Pomeroy (D-North Dakota) - have penned a...

March 29, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Data pertaining to the dollar amounts paid by health insurers does not fall under the "plan assets" umbrella and is not prevented by...

March 26, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has reached a settlement in a discrimination suit against Sega of America, Inc and Spherion Corporation.

March 26, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Taxpayer attempts to avoid federal ordinary income tax or alternative minimum tax (AMT) after exercising stock options could be treated as frivolous and...

March 26, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The joint U.S. House of Representatives, Senate committee convened to hammer out compromise legislation to replace the 30-year Treasury bond for pension calculations...