Compliance

July 30, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A New York Congressman has introduced a bill that would create a new kind of employee stock option plan.

July 30, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors and workers now have a new communication tool to draw on in times of change.

July 30, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Along with those corporate accounting reforms, President Bush has today signed into law some new provisions regarding plan blackout periods.

June 7, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An employee with extensive medical bills for his dependants was not fired for the medical history; rather he was terminated for poor performance.

June 7, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. Supreme Court justices have agreed to take on a case involving whether people seeking protection from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court can shield...

June 7, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - When an employee spouse transfers his or her interests in nonstatutory stock options and nonqualified deferred compensation to his or her former spouse...

June 7, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors have long been hampered by provision of the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) prohibiting them from asking for recertification of the...

June 7, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com)—ERISA does not allow employers to decrease pensions for early retirees who then go to work somewhere else, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled today.

May 30, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors can literally buy a little more time in filing a determination letter application for the required GUST amendments, according to the...

April 30, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has proposed rule changes geared towards getting corporate executives to keep investors in the loop and guarding...

June 4, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Cursing at co-workers, posting erotic pictures on a work computer and other abusive and bizarre behaviors are adequate reasons for firing an employee...

March 18, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has approved a settlement worth almost $68 million in a class-action ERISA suit brought by Rite Aid workers.

March 18, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A bankruptcy-reform measure working its way through the US House of Representatives includes protection for funds from withheld or contributed employee retirement payments...

March 18, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Department of Labor (DoL) has taken a Chicago company and its president to court for improperly using plan assets to pay...

March 18, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A closely watched lawsuit expected to test the legal liability limits for firms gobbling up parts of Arthur Andersen LLP's business last year...

June 3, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A human resource (HR) representative performing an administrative function requiring no discretion is not considered a benefits plan fiduciary under the guidelines set...

June 3, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Labor unions may offer and administer an eligible 457 retirement savings plan maintained by state and local government employers for their unionized workforce,...

June 3, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's private pension insurer initiated a pre-emptive strike designed to help preserve enough Enron Corp. assets to cover its pension obligations as...

June 3, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday approved a bill that would create personal reemployment accounts of up to $3,000 to help jobless...

June 2, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An employee who defers money into an unfunded, non-qualified deferred compensation plan is subject to personal state income tax on the deferrals in...