Compliance

March 15, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com)—A letter written to an employer from an employee's doctor notifying the company that the employee should not work there, is sufficient notice for the...

March 12, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - California's highest court has put the brakes on same-sex marriages being conducted in San Francisco pending further legal review of the issue.

December 27, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California Court of Appeals has rejected the claims of two former AirTouch Communications Inc employees seeking an acceleration of stock option vesting...

December 27, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A pension plan revision that excludes certain retirees from a potential increase is invalid due to its adoption outside the employer's own plan...

November 27, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that severance agreements cannot prevent employees from seeking state unemployment compensation, according to a story...

March 11, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal court in Maine has put the brakes on sweeping prescription drug legislation in the state, a decision applauded by a pharmaceutical...

March 11, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As April 15 looms only a month away, US Senate and House of Representative delegates have begun writing compromise legislation to replace the...

March 11, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new proposal by federal regulators designed to help curb abusive mutual fund trading would give investors detailed data about the managers of...

March 10, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A dearth of electronic Form 5500 filings has federal regulators scratching their heads and asking plan sponsors for constructive feedback.

March 10, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is considering alternatives to the agency's proposed 4 p.m. "hard close" rule aimed at ending illegal...

March 9, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Albertson's grocery store chain must provide contraceptive coverage for all women as part of the chain's prescription drug employee health benefit.

March 9, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Legislation was introduced in the US House of Representatives to allow health savings account (HSA) holders to deduct premiums required under their high...

September 27, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A company which forfeited an unvested worker's stock purchase plan account didn't violate a Washington state law prohibiting employers from taking a "rebate"...

September 27, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A former housekeeping manager for a Miami luxury cruise line who claimed she can't work because of a herniated disc suffered when lifting...

September 27, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A lawsuit by a Sears Home Improvement Products employee against his employer for not granting leave to visit his dying father and for...

March 8, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has provided flexibility to non-qualified annuity policyholders taking distributions under age 59½.

August 27, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appeals court has drawn a line around the use of workers in anti-union campaigns.

August 27, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors may find themselves confronted with contracts that seek to limit vendor liability - but that won't provide a shield for employers...

August 27, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - It doesn't matter that Anthony Kiniry's stock options were awarded by a new employer after his wife Deirdre Ann filed for divorce -...

June 27, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The legal battle to recover the millions of dollars lost by mostly union pension and benefit funds through alleged fraud by Capital Consultants,...