Compliance

October 24, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Tyco International will pay $5 million to set up an investor education program and an academic corporate governance course as part of a...

September 24, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal trial court judge has granted attorneys' fees in an ERISA case despite the fact that the fees were higher than those...

December 9, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US House of Representatives has decided against extending federal unemployment benefits before Congress adjourns for the year.

December 8, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - State-registered investment advisers seeking accreditation under ERISA would have to register electronically through the Investment Adviser Registration Depository (IARD), according to a new...

June 24, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A dispute over how much family leave time was owed to a former employee of the Nevada state welfare department has reached the...

June 24, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - By an overwhelming 308-70 vote, the US House of Representatives passed the Retirement Savings Security Act of 2002 (H.R. 4931), a bill that...

June 24, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly 52,000 retired Arizona state and local government workers could be eligible for an average $5,000 tax refund under a class-action lawsuit that...

May 24, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The post-Enron backlash against corporate wrongdoing continues with proposed rules from Nasdaq prohibiting companies from, among other practices, making large stock grants to...

December 5, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With the last scheduled Congressional workdays for the year looming early next week, negotiations continue on compromise legislation to replace the 30-year US...

December 4, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's private pension insurer has announced plans to assume responsibility for the pensions of 3,900 workers and retirees of Special Metals Corp.

December 4, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Supreme Court let stand a Texas case allowing pension plan beneficiaries to waive their ERISA rights under federal common law.

April 24, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A multi-employer 401(k) plan or other retirement account maintained by an employee leasing company will be treated as any other tax-qualified plan by...

April 24, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Indiana Supreme Court guaranteed workers a shot at larger court awards if employers fail to pay them the full amount of their...

April 24, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Verizon Communications is facing a possible class action lawsuit suit and stands accused of discriminating against Hispanic employees throughout its operations in compensation,...

December 3, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Municipal employees in California have the right to choose between filing on-the-job discrimination claims within their employers' internal grievance procedure or directly through...

December 3, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Presidential contender US Senator Joseph Lieberman (D-Connecticut) is expected to propose a new payroll deduction to finance a new program allowing workers to...

December 3, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A strict 4 p.m. close on mutual fund trading and enhanced disclosure requirement are what the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) thinks...

December 3, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - CBS Corp's cash balance pension plan conversion did not violate the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) or the Age Discrimination in Employment...

December 3, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Supreme Court has ruled a company is not required to rehire recovered drug addicts who claim their addiction is a disability.

December 2, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Department of Labor (DoL) has settled a lawsuit with the fiduciaries of a now bankrupt Ohio-based employer - who have waived...