Compliance

January 7, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com)—Democratic presidential candidates criticized the US Department of Labor's (DoL) proposal in which it offered employers ways to escape paying overtime wages to newly eligible...

January 7, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An internal review of the trading policies of the money manager roster of the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) has pinpointed at...

January 7, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Firing Christian employees for posting anti-homosexual Bible quotes in their cubicle is not a violation of the employee's rights.

January 6, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A California state judge has blocked a March 2004 voter referendum that would have tossed out a law requiring employers to provide health-care...

January 6, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's accounting rulemakers could put the always hot-button issue of pension accounting rules back on the table in a big way at...

January 6, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participants have to prove their plan assets are being held in a trust for their benefit in order to shelter those assets from...

June 25, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - California state law may protect workers over 40 from discrimination in hiring, firing, demotion, and suspension, but not in the awarding of benefits,...

June 25, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service have extended the moratorium on employment tax withholding on stock plans.

April 25, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The union representing Hawaii state police has sued the Hawaii state legislature for balancing the state budget with $346.9 million that the union...

April 25, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Legislation that would ban workplace discrimination against homosexuals is headed back to the Senate floor, following approval yesterday by the Senate Health, Education,...

April 25, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - There are now only nine states that have not adopted EGTRRA conforming legislation, according to a report from Deloitte & Touche.

April 25, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new bill from a Pennsylvania Republican congressman sets up a federal trust fund to help beleaguered US steelmakers fund their legacy retirement...

March 25, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Democrats had a strong and visceral reaction to proposed health privacy rules issued by the Bush administration last week.

March 25, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal bankruptcy appeals court has held that an undistributed payment pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order (QDRO) from a retirement plan...

March 13, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US House of Representatives has given a thumbs up to a bill creating a network of oversight groups to monitor reports of...

March 13, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nursing home industry is the first in a series of professions to get government guidelines on how employers can cut the number...

February 13, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan participants can't sue ERISA fiduciaries for violating their constitutional due process by refusing to pay their requested long-term disability benefits, a federal...

February 13, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A prominent US Department of Labor (DoL) official has called on lawmakers in Washington to pass the Pension Security Act (PSA) in order...

February 25, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As February draws to a close, a number of Enron-related hearings are scheduled on the Hill - with a combination of new participants...

February 25, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) has asked a federal judge in Los Angeles to appoint the pension fund as lead plaintiff...