Compliance

May 20, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A rising number of complaints of employment discrimination by Muslims and Arab-Americans since September 11 has prompted a response from the Equal Employment...

August 5, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in the Southern District Court of New York has given preliminary approval to a settlement in a class-action suit involving...

August 5, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued Notice 2003-57, which provides a bit of report relief for taxpayers with interests in certain Canadian...

August 5, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A retirement plan administrator's determination that a disabled participant could not receive benefits until the age of 65 was not "downright unreasonable."

August 5, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - ERISA preempts a terminally ill long-term disability (LTD) benefit plan participant's action seeking punitive damages under Montana law.

August 4, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The right of a participant's former spouse under a qualified domestic relations order (QDRO) to retirement plan benefits takes priority over a federal...

August 4, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - ERISA does not completely preempt a plan sponsor's breach of contract claims against a health maintenance organization (HMO).

August 4, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appeals court has okayed the punitive damages awarded in a reverse sex discrimination case against the University of Pennsylvania filed by...

August 4, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - United States Senator Judd Gregg (R-New Hampshire) has unveiled a bill that would use a composite corporate bond rate instead of the 30-year...

August 4, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US Representative Bill Thomas (R-California) introduced a bill (HR. 2896) to replace the Foreign Sales Corporation-Extraterritorial Income Act (FSC-ETI) with a new tax...

August 4, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - On Friday, a federal appeals court ruled against Xerox in a case involving the calculation of retiree benefits from its cash balance plan.

March 20, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Shareholders of Compaq Computer Corp. overwhelmingly approved the proposed merger with Hewlett Packard Co (HP), according to Compaq officials.

March 19, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Supreme Court let stand a federal appeals court ruling that a 401(k) participant can't sue his company's plan administrator for not...

March 20, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A debate over whether older workers can sue their employers over layoffs will play out in the US Supreme Court today.

March 20, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With the aim of safeguarding America's retirement savings, committees of both the House of Representatives and the Senate are scheduled to vote on...

January 8, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A $4.1 million settlement has been approved by a federal judge for 83 employees of communications company Aydin Corp who alleged unlawful overtime...

January 8, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Pension reform is a top priority on the Democratic legislative agenda for the new 108th Congress, Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle announced.

January 8, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hours after passing through the House of Representatives, President Bush signed legislation authorizing additional unemployment benefits for up to 2.5 million Americans, the...

August 1, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Amending an employee injury plan to place a cap on the amount of benefits available did not violate ERISA.

August 1, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -Employees of a Washington state company have won a nearly $2-million settlement of an ERISA lawsuit against their employer for selling a "diversified" portfolio...