Compliance

March 18, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Workers who successfully sued their former employer for age discrimination shouldn't have their money damages reduced by the severance pay they received, a...

March 6, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Waste management company Browning-Ferris, Inc. has agreed to settle claims that it illegally terminated an employee suffering from Crohn's disease.

March 6, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A sweeping pension reform bill is headed for the floor of the US House of Representatives after a House committee approved the measure.

March 6, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Legislation that would give private-sector workers the right to voluntarily choose paid time off instead of overtime has been introduced in the US...

March 6, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Small businesses searching for ways to reduce health-care costs may want to learn more about Senator Olympia Snowe's (R-Maine) latest proposal.

February 6, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US Representative Charles Norwood (R-Georgia) has proposed two bills aimed at providing clarification and protections for patients in managed-care plans.

February 6, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A number of retirement services industry groups are raising concerns about the potential impact of the recent White House proposal to revamp company...

February 18, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Another bankrupt employer finds itself under attack by participants in its 401(k) plan for its company stock practices.

February 18, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge put on his actuary hat in ruling on a recent pension dispute that an employer had to include the present...

June 2, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - United Airlines passenger contact employees, who allege union misrepresentation in an early retirement deal, may not sue the union for breach of the...

June 2, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An ERISA-governed individual retirement account (IRA) is not off limits to the federal government for the purposes of collecting a criminal fine, a...

January 18, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Rochester man who practices the Rastafarian religion has won a $33,500 settlement from Greyhound Lines after complaining he couldn't get a bus...

January 18, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Two investment managers charged with losing about $11 million from a Louisiana teachers retirement savings fund by funneling it into speculative investments have...

January 18, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As the plight of Enron workers continues to dominate headlines, new legislative proposals continue to crop up.

January 6, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A wife's 401(k) contributions represent income for the purposes of determining the amount of alimony to which she is entitled, a Missouri state...

January 6, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has certified as a class action a lawsuit against CIGNA Corp. over the conversion of its pension plan to a...

May 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - If at first you don't succeed; try, try, try - and in this case - try again, as legislation has one again been...

May 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An employee can't challenge a benefits decision by his employer's health and welfare plan because of the plan's three-year limit on when lawsuits...

May 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The president of the 1.5-million member Service Employees International Union (SEIU) has put his union's US presidential endorsement on the table for the...

May 29, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An insurer's decision to deny disability benefits is not entitled to court deference if it grounded its denial on a "selective" reading of...