Compliance

March 25, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stock options awarded the day after a divorcee cannot be considered marital property and therefore remain in sole possession of the optionee.

March 25, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In protest of the Bush administration's plans to rewrite the "white collar" exemption provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), U.S. Senate...

March 25, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Investors may have lost buckets full of money from the plunging value of shares in scandal-plagued companies, but they won't be able to...

March 24, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Whether or not San Francisco was in violation of the commerce clause of the U.S. Constitution by requiring contractors to provide domestic partner...

March 24, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors trying to clean up their menu of pension benefit distribution options may find some relief from proposed federal regulations.

March 24, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Black sales employees at Xerox claiming they were discriminated against in being assigned to unprofitable territories and not receiving promotions despite their performance...

March 22, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A dozen pension and welfare plans in California, Nevada and Utah are slated to get $4.87 million in restitution from the settlement of...

March 23, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Social Security is not expected to become insolvent until 2042, the same projected date as last year.

March 22, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With pension relief legislation still in limbo, and a key filing date rapidly approaching, defined benefit plan sponsors nonetheless got some welcome relief...

March 19, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Being able to perform your job, but not being able to perform it with two co-workers does not make you disabled.

March 19, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is directing more attention to its Employee Plan Team Audits (EPTA) program in preparation of increased scrutiny...

March 19, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments in two cases involving participants' rights in pursuing malpractice claims against a health maintenance...

March 18, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A consent decree has been obtained by the US Department of Labor (DoL) in a case of profit sharing plan assets used by...

March 17, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com)—A federal court in New York ruled that a company owed an employee who became a qualified beneficiary a formal COBRA notice within the specified...

March 16, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An employee who drove a go-cart into a parked truck, breaking his ankle, at the request of his boss can recover workers' compensation...

March 16, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A consent judgement has been reached in a case of pension plan assets used by the fund's advisor and life insurance company to...

March 16, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com)—A federal judge ruled that a group of former major league baseball players were not discriminated against, and are therefore not entitled to pension and...

March 16, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has proposed changes to the nondiscrimination rules for employees of tax-exempt organizations.

March 16, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com)佩(k) administrative plan committee members may have breached their fiduciary duties by "encouraging" plan participants to examine financial reports that, unbeknownst to the participants, contained...

March 15, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com)—A letter written to an employer from an employee's doctor notifying the company that the employee should not work there, is sufficient notice for the...