Compliance

May 11, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Termination for excessive cell phone use did not amount to an employer's illegal interference with an employee's potential severance benefits.

May 11, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A scandal over missed pension payments in Japan has prompted two prominent politicians to resign their posts and lawmakers to approve a pension...

May 11, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has provided guidance on how an individual may make contributions to a Health Savings Accounts (HSAs). while being...

May 10, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee currently debating a stock option expensing bill has selected May 12 as the date of the markup...

October 29, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A claim by an assigned hospital to receive payment for treating a patient whose lifetime maximum benefits had been exhausted was dismissed by...

October 29, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Being slammed by taking over pension plans from many defunct steel companies, including the 82,000-participant LTV Steel plan, has taken a sizable bite...

August 29, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - California employers are a step closer to dealing with a state law giving workers paid time off from work to care for a...

August 29, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Recent corporate reform legislation has effectively frozen the use of split-dollar life insurance policies, a popular compensation tool for executives.

July 29, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors and participants alike will get some additional pension "protections" from the new accounting reform bill, which is anticipated to be signed...

May 7, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors electing the alternative deficit reduction contribution (DRC) have received guidance from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) regarding the proper notification of...

May 7, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A former health-care plan participant may pursue an equitable estoppel claim for lifetime health-care benefits.

May 7, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Following the lead of a similar ongoing debate among U.S. regulators and lawmakers, Britain's financial regulator on Friday limited soft dollar commission payments...

July 29, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Congress may have squeezed in a couple of pension protections in the accounting reform bill, but the prospects for a broader solution seem...

July 29, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Earlier this month, the Senate Finance Committee approved the "National Employee Savings and Trust Equity Guarantee Act," a bill that seems likely to...

May 6, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An outside fiduciary will be appointed to run a California union benefit fund, which authorities say spent millions of dollars of fund assets...

May 6, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's private pension insurer announced Thursday that it was cracking down on sponsors of underfunded pensions who don't properly inform their participants...

May 5, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is preparing guidance on the rules for 403(b) plans and 457 plans and on the notice requirements under...

May 5, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Department of the Treasury have released the third quarterly update to the 2003-2004 Priority Guidance Plan.

May 29, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Boeing Company could be out tens of millions of dollars if a group of Asian American employees wins its discrimination suit against...

May 29, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - It's been almost a year since President Bush passed the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act (EGTRRA) of 2001, but several states...