Compliance

February 13, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors hoping for a sneak peek at the 2004 regulatory agenda need look no further than the recently published agendas for the...

February 13, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has fined an Iowa union health plan $5,885 for not providing a participant and his wife timely notice of their...

February 13, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appeals court has upheld a lower court's ruling that the will of a life insurance plan participant can effectively serve as...

February 13, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com)-The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Notice 2004-16 stating that it will not be required for any employers to issue 1099 forms for all payments...

February 13, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com)—The Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service today issued guidelines, as promised, to shut down abusive transactions involving specially designed life insurance policies in retirement...

February 12, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has added a new section to its Web site to warn plan sponsors and advisors about the consequences of...

February 12, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Yet another retirement services trade group has come out against the proposed 4 p.m. "hard close" for fund transactions, saying required technology upgrades...

February 12, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The federal pension insurer has taken over the badly underfunded pension plan covering more than 17,600 workers and retirees of a bankrupt Texas...

December 26, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has announced a settlement in a sexual harassment suit against South Beach Beverage Company, Inc (SoBe), a...

December 26, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Maine state law forcing drug makers to slash prices 18% to 25% has been tossed by a Washington federal appeals court.

December 26, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal officials have taken the president of a now-defunct Ohio military contractor to court to recover hundreds of thousands of dollars in profit-...

December 26, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - California employers failing to report a fatal or serious injury of an employee to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) now face...

December 26, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Funds from the recent $1.4 billion settlement from Wall Street firms, accused of issuing biased research, will now be earmarked for investor education,...

February 11, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com)—The US Department of Labor (DoL) filed lawsuits against two union-sponsored health plans in Colorado for ERISA violations resulting in substantial losses to the plans.

February 11, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Retirement services industry groups are unanimous in their opposition to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposal for a 4 p.m. Eastern...

February 11, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Department of Labor's (DoL) Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) published the 2003 Form M-1 annual report for multiple employer welfare arrangements...

February 11, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Department of Labor's (DoL) Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) published the 2003 Form M-1 annual report for multiple employer welfare arrangements...

November 26, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is expected to release its final regulations to Section 457 in mid-2003, according to a report from Washington-based...

November 26, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued proposals to ease stock buyback regulations and provide more flexibility for strategic alliances to be...

February 11, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appeals court has thrown out a decision denying double indemnity life insurance benefits to the relatives of a man killed in...