Compliance

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...

December 2, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's high court is expected to further clarify when employers can be sued for sexual harassment in a case involving a former...

February 12, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Defined benefit plan sponsors may finally be getting close to relief on getting a pension benchmark for funding calculations that more accurately measures...

February 12, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Two adult children of a smoker run over by a truck while on a smoke break at her Pennsylvania company's freight terminal have...

February 12, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An HIV-positive postal worker got a second chance from a recent federal appeals court ruling to sue the US Postal Service (USPS) for...

January 24, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Department of Labor (DoL) officials now have the transaction blackout Enron imposed on its retirement plan participants under a microscope to see if...

January 24, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Muslim woman, claiming she was rejected for a job in the jewelry department of a Georgia Sears store because of her religiously-mandated...

December 1, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new bill has been introduced in the House of Representatives that would make over-the-counter medicines tax deductible.

December 1, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An employee with a demonstrated pattern of both absences and tardiness needed to do more than leave a voice mail to provide sufficient...

December 1, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Shareholders suing WorldCom and its investment banks won a legal victory when a federal judge ruled that news reports about Salomon Smith Barney's...

December 1, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's highest court has agreed to decide a case involving two former Illinois construction laborers - and the issue as to whether...

December 1, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A wireless phone service provider has agreed to fork over $4.7 million in back wages to call center employees who worked before the...

November 26, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Senate recessed for Thanksgiving on Tuesday after failing to pass a proposed legislation providing a break for business from the deficit...

November 26, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers in California are liable for sexual harassment by supervisors, but the damages can be limited if the harassed employee has not taken...

November 25, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US Senators were scrambling on Tuesday in an effort to pass legislation providing a break for business from the deficit reduction contribution (DRC)...

November 24, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Last week the US House of Representatives passed a bill that would give major US commercial airlines a two-year "pass" on much of...

November 24, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new legislative proposal would bring Indian tribal government employee benefits, such as 401(k) plans, under ERISA, which currently governs worker benefit programs...

November 21, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US House of Representatives has approved a pension relief bill for airlines and other companies struggling to meet the pension obligations of...

November 21, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US House of Representatives and the US Senate are in a dogfight with the White House over proposed amendments to the Fair...

November 20, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The House of Representatives overwhelmingly got behind a mutual fund reform bill yesterday - and while it may not make it into law...