Compliance

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...

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 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) 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...

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...

April 29, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Supreme Court has thrown out a lower court ruling giving a US Airways baggage handler job preference over senior co-workers, saying...

April 29, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - President Bush has urged Congress to force health insurers to provide the same level of coverage for mentally ill Americans as they do...

May 4, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Investment management lawyers are warning hedge fund investment marketers - known as finders - they have to register with the U.S. Securities and...

May 4, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Senate on Tuesday approved an amendment to a Bush administration proposal guaranteeing that the government keeps workers in about 55 professions,...

May 3, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is stepping up examinations of certain employee benefit plans.

May 3, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A telecommuting Tennessee resident employed by a New York firm must pay income tax on 100% of his earnings.

May 3, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A divided federal appeals court ruled that a Minnesota company could set as a condition of receiving benefits under a new severance plan...

May 3, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - SPX Corp has been slapped with a lawsuit alleging breaches of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).