Compliance

February 5, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A measure that would extend unemployment benefits for nearly 2 million Americans passed the US House of Representatives on Wednesday.

February 5, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A California Democrat in the US House of Representatives has introduced a bill aimed at helping workers balance work/life responsibilities by, among other...

April 26, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A San Francisco court sided with workers at a Richmond refinery who claimed that in 1999 their employer tricked them into retiring early,...

April 26, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana, lead plaintiff in the class action lawsuit against Network Associates Inc., said it would widen the suit...

April 26, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Department of Labor (DoL) would have two years to come up with new workplace ergonomics standards under a new Senate bill.

February 4, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com)— The US 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a disability plan administrator did not waive its right to move a plan participant's legal...

February 4, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With time slipping away fast for pension plan sponsors, Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle (D-South Dakota) appears to be willing to let pension...

March 26, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service has taken issue with a ruling that the termination of a post-retirement cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) did not violate ERISA's...

March 26, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An atmosphere that has found increasing numbers of 401(k) participants willing to take their employer to court for retirement-plan misdeeds had led to...

March 14, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors hoping for some defined benefit relief might have some reason for hope.

March 14, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Christine Hawk may have put off formally complaining about her boss's sexual harassment for nine months, but she can still pursue a federal...

February 3, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Authorities on Tuesday took into custody a former Canadian Imperial Bank (CIBC) executive whom regulators believe helped arrange $1 billion in financing used...

February 3, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As Punxatawny Phil emerged from his burrow this week, the Secretary of Treasury also unveiled, along with President Bush's budget proposal, a new...

February 3, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's private pension insurer has given plan sponsors and plan administrators in several areas of the country hit by natural disasters an...

March 25, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge awarded $75,000 to the lone female employee in a metal parts factory who tried twice to commit suicide because of...

February 14, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) is seeking public comment on a proposed rule that would remove restrictions that currently inhibit the agency's...

February 14, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - ERISA does not bar a medical malpractice lawsuit against a health maintenance organization for denying blood cancer treatment for a health plan participant.

February 26, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal anti-discrimination agency has given two former workers of fashion-design company Polo Ralph Lauren Corp. permission to sue the company for racial...

February 26, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Those retirees lucky enough to have employer-sponsored health coverage have, in a growing number of cases, seen that benefit come under attack by...

February 2, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Wisconsin state legislator is trying again with his proposal to shelter the first $5,000 of pension fund earnings, but not assets from...