Compliance

March 26, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The joint U.S. House of Representatives, Senate committee convened to hammer out compromise legislation to replace the 30-year Treasury bond for pension calculations...

March 25, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stock options awarded the day after a divorcee cannot be considered marital property and therefore remain in sole possession of the optionee.

March 25, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In protest of the Bush administration's plans to rewrite the "white collar" exemption provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), U.S. Senate...

March 25, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Investors may have lost buckets full of money from the plunging value of shares in scandal-plagued companies, but they won't be able to...

March 24, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Black sales employees at Xerox claiming they were discriminated against in being assigned to unprofitable territories and not receiving promotions despite their performance...

March 24, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Whether or not San Francisco was in violation of the commerce clause of the U.S. Constitution by requiring contractors to provide domestic partner...

March 24, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors trying to clean up their menu of pension benefit distribution options may find some relief from proposed federal regulations.

March 22, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A dozen pension and welfare plans in California, Nevada and Utah are slated to get $4.87 million in restitution from the settlement of...

March 23, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Social Security is not expected to become insolvent until 2042, the same projected date as last year.

March 22, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With pension relief legislation still in limbo, and a key filing date rapidly approaching, defined benefit plan sponsors nonetheless got some welcome relief...

March 19, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Being able to perform your job, but not being able to perform it with two co-workers does not make you disabled.

March 19, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is directing more attention to its Employee Plan Team Audits (EPTA) program in preparation of increased scrutiny...

March 19, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments in two cases involving participants' rights in pursuing malpractice claims against a health maintenance...

March 18, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A consent decree has been obtained by the US Department of Labor (DoL) in a case of profit sharing plan assets used by...

March 17, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com)—A federal court in New York ruled that a company owed an employee who became a qualified beneficiary a formal COBRA notice within the specified...

March 16, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An employee who drove a go-cart into a parked truck, breaking his ankle, at the request of his boss can recover workers' compensation...

March 16, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A consent judgement has been reached in a case of pension plan assets used by the fund's advisor and life insurance company to...

March 16, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com)—A federal judge ruled that a group of former major league baseball players were not discriminated against, and are therefore not entitled to pension and...

March 16, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has proposed changes to the nondiscrimination rules for employees of tax-exempt organizations.

March 16, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com)佩(k) administrative plan committee members may have breached their fiduciary duties by "encouraging" plan participants to examine financial reports that, unbeknownst to the participants, contained...