Compliance

March 10, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An investigation by securities regulators has found that almost all of the 40 brokerage firms examined did not properly apply mutual fund discounts...

February 22, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A US Congressman says he has a video that shows managers at Enron urging employees to invest all their retirement money in Enron...

February 22, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Not rehiring workers to avoid higher pension liabilities doesn't violate federal laws governing pensions, a federal appeals court ruled in a case involving...

February 22, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Internal Revenue Service (IRS) officials are reminding plan sponsors that they have until February 28 to make any necessary GUST amendments to their...

October 2, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The federal anti-discrimination agency has sued a Long Island firm, charging that it paid 21 Hispanic workers far less than their Asian coworkers...

October 2, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge cleared the way Wednesday for a lawsuit alleging wrongdoing by former Enron Corp chairman Kenneth Lay and others in their...

February 10, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appeals court has handed another defeat to a group of Michigan plaintiffs who sued Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Michigan...

February 10, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plans would be able to settle lawsuits in exchange for cash without running afoul of ERISA's prohibited transaction rule, according to a proposed...

February 22, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than 15 states have yet to pass legislature to correspond with the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 (EGTRRA)...

February 22, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A former Philadelphia firefighter, who claimed he was sexually harassed by men under his command - who mistakenly thought he was gay, won...

February 22, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appeals court has ruled that an employee who voluntarily agreed to give up her right to sue under federal anti-discrimination laws...

October 1, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Alabama state law does not entitle defined benefit plan participants of a bankrupt company to draw unemployment and Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC)...

October 1, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Armed with a US Supreme Court endorsement of workplace arbitration, a federal appeals court has ruled that employers can force workers to sign...

January 22, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Supreme Court justices declined to review a case involving the amount of death benefits due the family of a Massachusetts police officer who...

January 10, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US Supreme Court justices have agreed to decide whether a worker's doctor can overrule the administrator of a workplace disability plan on whether...

September 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Massachusetts State Representative Byron Rushing wants Bay State laws to prevent workplace discrimination against overweight employees.

September 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With prescription drug purchases from Canada on the political hot plate, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said nearly 90% of the imported...

September 29, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has come out with formal recommendations on a range of new rules for hedge funds, in...

September 26, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Electrolux Group has reached a settlement with the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in a religious discrimination case filed by 165...

September 26, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Doctors claiming they have been cheated out of the fees they are owed have been awarded class action status in their Racketeer Influenced...