Senate Drops Off Pension Notions, Heads Home
August 5, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite some last-minute goading by the GOP, Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-South Dakota) says the Senate will wait until after Labor Day...
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Lieberman Offers Option Expensing Alternative
August 5, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Senator Joe Lieberman (D-Connecticut) has introduced a new bill that attempts to deal with executive abuses without discouraging the use of options to...
In Depth – New Administration Embraces Investment Advice Bill
Washington, DC, July 17, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a turnaround from its position under the Clinton administration, the Department of Labor Tuesday voiced support for the Retirement Security...
DoL Embraces Advice Bill in Dramatic Turnaround
Washington DC, July 17, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a stunning turnaround, the Department of Labor (DoL) embraced the Retirement Security Advice Act, legislation that would offer employers more...
HMO Books Victory in Texas Court
July 17, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Texas jury found in favor of the defendants in the first managed-care malpractice suit filed under the state's 1997 Health Care Liability...
IRS Okays 2001 Distributions under 1987 Regs
July 17, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new rule put out by the Internal Revenue Service rubber stamps the actions of plan sponsors who made required 2001 minimum distributions...
Recruitment Firm's H-1B Visa Appeal Dismissed
July 17, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The dismissal of a recruitment firm's appeal by a San Francisco court means that the firm must delete some of the small print...
Court Rules on Disability Insurance Abuse Suit
June 5, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A US district court in North Carolina has ruled that an employer did not interfere with an employee's right to employee benefits when...
Federal Judge Focuses on Discrimination, Not Hiring Rationale
May 17, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge chose not to believe an employer's rationale for not promoting an older worker, but chose to believe his assertion that...
Senate Committee Approves Tax, Pension Reform Bill
May 17, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Senate Finance Committee late Wednesday approved the Restoring Earnings to Lift Individuals and Empower Families (RELIEF) tax act by a 14-6 vote....
Judge Turns away Class Status for Merck Workers
April 5, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Eleven African American workers, who claim they were victims of racial discrimination, lost their bid to turn their lawsuit against Merck & Co....
Employer Actions Transcend Casual Treatment
April 17, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appeals court decision that a grocery store chain must make pension contributions on behalf of those employees that they classified as...
Vietnam Vet's Firing Stands Despite Stress Disorder
March 5, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A man who fought his April 1999 dismissal with allegations that his employer violated a basketful of federal discrimination laws, lost a major...
Bipolar Employee Entitled to More Disability Payments
March 5, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An employee of the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) is entitled to get disability payments for more than two years because her...
NC Workers' Group Fights Budget Cuts
February 5, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A North Carolina state workers' group is continuing its battle against state officials cutting money from current and former employees to make up...
PBGC Releases 2003 Maximum Guaranteed Benefits
December 4, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) has published a final rule amending maximum guaranteeable benefits and the new payment for participants of terminated...
Bush Signs Mental Health Parity Extension
December 4, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - President Bush has signed a bill (HR 5716) extending by a year a 1996 law requiring that group health plans provide equal coverage...
PA High Court Orders Disability Repayment
December 4, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Pennsylvania man has to repay money he received from disability claims from the funds he won in a legal malpractice lawsuit, the...
Church, Government Plans Get Break From IRS
December 28, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Church and certain governmental plans will have another year to deal with non-discrimination rules, according to the Internal Revenue Service.
Secret Service Agent May Be Entitled to Benefit
November 4, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Secret Service agent may be entitled to disability retirement benefits previously denied to him based on his claims of work related depression,...