Compliance

February 28, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Speaking today at the National Saver's Summit held in Washington, Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao remarked that it is imperative for Americans to...

February 28, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In his speech to the attendees of the National Saver's Summit Thursday, President George W. Bush alluded to the Enron debacle by saying...

April 2, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - When cash balance plan guidance is handed down by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) it will be effective for fiscal years starting...

April 2, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Congressional Research Service (CRS) has published a fact sheet providing details about the Retirement Savings Credit.

April 2, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The state of Alaska has joined a parade of institutional investors and other shareholders in suing media giant Time Warner Inc. and subsidiary...

April 2, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Compromise pension funding relief legislation hammered out at eleventh hour has been overwhelmingly approved by the U.S. House of Representatives.

January 28, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Department of Labor's Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration (PWBA), the Internal Revenue Service and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation have released...

January 28, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Simply because a General Mills forklift operator claims he is unable to work beyond an eight-hour shift doesn't make him eligible for workplace...

April 1, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) Two key lawmakers have added their names to the list calling on the Securities and Exchange to exercise caution in implementing its proposed "hard...

April 1, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. House of Representatives and Senate conferees have adopted a stopgap pension proposal that now goes to the floors of both chambers before...

January 28, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Week one of the Enron hearings provided few insights - but a fair amount of finger-pointing - about the activities and events of...

January 28, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A group of former Enron employees have banded together to form the Severed Enron Employees Coalition (SEEC). The coalition has filed a class...

January 16, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal officials have proposed allowing Northwest Airlines to contribute stock of a regional affiliate airline to its pension plans instead of cash.

January 16, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Securities and Exchange Commission and the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) plan to issue a joint report early next month...

January 28, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is giving plan sponsors impacted by the September 11 attacks more time to make required contributions.

March 31, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com)—Thursday is an important day for some retirees: the date by which they must take the first required minimum distribution (RMD) from their 401(k), IRA,...

March 31, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) has obtained a consent judgment against the former president of SAI Plus.

March 31, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As federal lawmakers continue wrangling about a replacement interest rate to use in calculating pension benefits, the federal private pension insurer has given...

March 31, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced Wednesday that it was extending the remedial amendment period for fixing certain disqualifying plan provisions.

March 30, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer said health insurance companies have been withholding information from patients about which procedures they consider medically...