Compliance

April 23, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) turned its attention to its Employee Plans determination letter program in two recent releases.

April 23, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - All appeals challenging an agreement between CIGNA HealthCare and some 700,000 physicians have been dismissed by a federal court of appeals.

April 23, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The top five executives of a public company would reimburse the firm for profits on options if the company's stock price declined in...

April 22, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal anti-discrimination officials have approved an exemption from the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) allowing employers to coordinate retirement health-care coverage with...

April 22, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Active National Guard and Reserve troops could pull money out of their retirement savings plans without the customary 10% early withdrawal penalty under...

April 22, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals found parachuting accidents are not covered under an accidental death and dismemberment insurance plan (AD&D) and thus...

April 21, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The latest legislation to allow Americans to fill their prescriptions in Canada was introduced Wednesday by a diverse group of Republican and Democratic...

April 20, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Two businessmen who sold health-care plans to employers that involved an illegal disguise of wages as health-care benefits have been sued by the...

April 20, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao has unveiled changes to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) of 1938, which Chao says will guarantee...

April 19, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) has taken to court the former owner of a Memphis-based staff leasing firm for leaving participants in...

April 16, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has shed some light in an information letter on the design and implementation of automatic enrollment programs in...

April 16, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger got his wish Friday as state lawmakers gave overwhelming approval to comprehensive workers' compensation reform heralded as a money...

April 15, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Minnesota's Human Rights Act does not extend protection to church employees involved in religious work.

April 15, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A man who claimed his former employer couldn't legally require him to "value" other workers, including homosexuals, because of his Christian beliefs has...

April 14, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's private pension insurer has announced plans to assume responsibility for the pensions of 1,300 employees and retirees of Sound Shore Medical...

April 14, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) is assuming responsibility for the pensions of more than 1,300 employees and retirees of Ameripol Synpol Corp.

April 13, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employees of BellSouth Corp can continue their fiduciary breach lawsuit against fiduciaries of the company's retirement savings plan.

April 13, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Following hard on the heels of President Bush's signature on the closely followed pension funding bill, the U.S. Treasury Department and the Internal...

April 12, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - On Saturday President Bush signed into law a pension relief bill that will allow many plan sponsors to avoid or reduce funding contributions...

April 12, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Senator John Breaux (D - Louisiana) has introduced legislation aimed at making employee stock ownerships plans (ESOP) a more attractive option for employers...