Compliance

December 31, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An Illinois federal judge has allowed more than 4,800 women to pursue $410 million in sex-discrimination claims against Rent-A-Center Inc., the nation's biggest...

July 10, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Failing to disclose an "actively at work" requirement contained in a long-term disability (LTD) benefit plan nets an employer a breach of ERISA...

July 10, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Sponsors of Section 457 plans got the promised final regulations on those programs today, including some key changes and clarifications to the proposed...

October 31, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A white male portfolio manager, claiming reverse discrimination, was not required to allege any 'special circumstances' to support his claim in court.

October 31, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Senate, on a voice vote, agreed to bar group health insurance plans from placing more restrictions on mental health benefits than on medical...

October 31, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has provided information to assist employers who are developing or reevaluating their emergency evactuation procedures.

July 9, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Individual members of a company's benefits committee may be held liable for fiduciary breach, by failing to monitor stock investments in a 401(k)...

September 19, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A pension plan has filed suit against money manager Alliance Capital Management for its investments in Enron.

July 9, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The United States House of Representatives has passed a bill to guarantee retired federal workers the same prescription drug benefits as current federal...

July 9, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Even though an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) kept its company stock holdings while the stock fell in value, the ESOP fiduciary didn't...

July 8, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Bush administration is pushing for a temporary adjustment to current pension reform legislation to offer United States companies a breath of fresh...

August 19, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Bush administration has taken steps to close down a tax shelter involving undervaluation of taxable policy benefits under split-dollar life insurance arrangements.

July 31, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Proponents of new Social Security legislation, which aims to create personal investment accounts financed by cutting benefits and raising income taxes, urged critics...

July 7, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) notice requirements only apply to health plans and therefore employers cannot be forced to provide life insurance...

July 7, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Another federal appeals court joined with its judicial brethren in finding that an employee benefit plan's summary plan description (SPD) trumps the plan's...

July 7, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued a private letter ruling allowing participants in an IRA to exceed the 60-day rollover requirement in...

July 7, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors looking for that final bit of clarity on the so-called catch-up regulations now have it in the form of final regulations...

June 19, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Senate Democrats have thrown a monkey wrench into the works of the White House's voluntary ergonomics plan by pushing forward new ergonomic legislation.

June 19, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A former employee of a suburban Philadelphia company who received a fake note about erectile dysfunction may have been abused by coworkers, but...

May 31, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a key decision, a federal appellate court has held that "top hat" plans should be treated as unilateral contracts, rather than as...