Compliance

April 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With the aggregate underfunding level at US private pension plans now at a record level, the federal pension insurer has slid deeper into...

April 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Senators Barbara Boxer (D-California) and John Ensign (R-Nevada) have introduced legislation that would put off mandatory expensing of stock options for at least...

April 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A retired employee of Mirant Corp. has filed a lawsuit alleging violations of ERISA provisions.

April 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Ailing workers insured by UnumProvident Corp. who have accused the largest disability insurer in the United States of concocting a scheme to deny...

April 29, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appeals court has upheld the constitutionality of a new federal information privacy law in a South Carolina case - one of...

April 29, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appeals court has ruled American Electrical Power Co's (AEP) purchase of "janitors" life insurance policies on 20,000 employees was nothing more...

April 28, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has posted two new fact sheets on the agency's Web site, aimed at curbing discrimination at...

April 28, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With a last-minute legal challenge by consumer products giant The Dial Corporation cleared away, the trial of the federal government's sexual discrimination lawsuit...

April 28, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The kickoff of the trial in the federal government's sexual-harassment case against Dial Corp. scheduled for Monday morning in Chicago federal court, was...

April 28, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Colorado woman waging a legal battle for survivor benefits from her ex-husband's pension plans has won a second skirmish - this time...

April 28, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Colorado woman waging a legal battle for survivor benefits from her ex-husband's pension plans has won a second skirmish - this time...

April 25, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Representative Richard A. Gephardt (D-Missouri) has laid out what is easily one of the most dramatic proposals for health care since 1993.

April 25, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Civil rights boards in nine states are joining the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)'s voluntary mediation program to settle private-sector discrimination charges.

April 23, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's high court has weighed in on how small "small business" is under federal discrimination laws, with implications for employers and workers...

April 23, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A woman who claims she was sexually harassed when a co-worker grabbed her buttocks has lost her second legal skirmish in a ruling...

April 23, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) policy from an Illinois town couldn't be enforced because it was not properly described in the...

April 22, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Supreme Court has agreed to consider a case brought by younger workers who claimed that taking away their post-retirement benefits while...

April 22, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An employer accused of not preventing an employee from riding in the bed of a pickup truck, which ultimately led to his untimely...

April 21, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors that haven't yet complied with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) now have a better notion of...

April 18, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Refusing to dismiss the case, a federal judge has agreed to hear the arguments of an overweight New Haven, Connecticut man claiming discriminatory...