Compliance

June 2, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Wednesday gave a tentative nod to rules for banks that want to get into the...

February 18, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Canadian plan sponsors in Ontario may have to change the way they value participant pension plans if New Democratic Party (NDP) proposals become...

January 30, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A lawsuit by group of current and former workers at a Maine chicken processing plant, who claim they should be paid for putting...

January 30, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The protections under the Mental Health Parity Act of 1996 (MHPA) have been extended until December 31, 2002, the Department of Labor (DoL)...

January 30, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new pension bill purports to offer participants '100% control' in the investment of their 401(k) accounts - but that control could carry...

January 30, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A US House committee investigating the collapse of energy giant Enron and allegations of possible wrongdoing in its retirement plans, has scheduled two...

January 30, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Washington insiders said that while president Bush successfully brought pension issues to the forefront by a mention in his State of the Union...

May 27, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has provided plan sponsors a "cheat sheet" of audit triggers following the closure of 45,000 examinations of employee...

May 27, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mutual fund managers must now report personal investments in their own funds and abide by other ethical strictures.

May 27, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) has filed a lawsuit against Vacuum Research Corporation after the company allegedly failed to restore employee contributions...

May 26, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A participant lawsuit claiming annuity investments in a 401(k) plan were fraudulently represented has been allowed to carry through.

May 26, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Attorneys representing former Prudential Securities brokers accused of improper mutual fund trades, along with federal prosecutors, plan on asking the cases hearing officer...

May 26, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors are currently faced with a number of issues that threaten to unravel the very fabric of the nation's defined benefit system,...

May 25, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U. S. Department of Labor (DoL) on Tuesday released final rules governing health-care coverage notices under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act...

May 25, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com)—A plan participant can file a criminal complaint against her employers for allegedly withholding money from paychecks designated for a retirement plan but never investing...

May 24, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Seattle window manufacturer has agreed to pay about $3.4 million to settle a racial discrimination lawsuit, which also charged the company retaliated...

May 24, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A long-term disability benefit plan administrator must inform a plan participant who has been denied benefits that the participant has the right to...

May 21, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation's (PBGC) said its unaudited deficit for single employer pension plans has dropped to $9.7 billion.

May 18, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Two Ohio public pension plans have filed a lawsuit against energy giant ExxonMobil, alleging the firm lied about the value of its oil...

May 18, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The House of Representatives has passed four bills designed to improve worker safety by making it easier for employers to work voluntarily and...