Compliance

June 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service has given plan sponsors some additional guidance on the new required minimum distribution rules with the publication of model...

May 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Companies which publicly discuss their labor practices can be sued if they lie in the process, the California Supreme Court ruled in a...

May 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hewlett-Packard (H-P) retirees will get rebates on H-P products they've purchased and will continue to be eligible for those rebates in the future,...

May 15, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - There appears to be good news and bad news for pension reform in the proposed Senate version, according to a review of the...

May 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - State officials in Massachusetts are bringing their tax laws in line with EGTRRA-changed federal statutes.

May 16, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new patient's bill of rights was formally introduced Tuesday with support from the White House, but it was already drawing fire from...

May 15, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Controversial legislation, endorsed by the White House and aimed at protecting patients while limiting damages awarded by health plans, will be unveiled later...

May 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Sentiment seems to be growing in Washington DC that would bar employers from taking out so-called "dead peasant" life insurance policies on workers.

April 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As part of the Bush administration's New Freedom Initiative, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has introduced a series of workshops.

April 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - State Street Bank and Trust Company wants to reconsider its agreement with Enron to assume oversight of the company's three pension plans, in...

In a legislative session frequently marred by partisan bickering, the need for dramatic pension reform drew an astounding level of bipartisan support in 2000 - only to run...

December 14, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Ten current and former female sales executives have filed a sexual discrimination suit against Combined Insurance Company of America, claiming male managers harassed...

December 14, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Similar to the 1997 Boxer bill, the Pension Protection Act of 2001 seeks to limit the exposure of participants to the downfalls of...

December 14, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The likelihood that the Pension Benefits Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) would take over the pension plans of the entire steel industry in the event...

December 26, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participants in multi-employer retirement plans will get a bit more security, thanks to an increase in the Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation's guarantee limit.

December 14, 2001 - (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A nurse's allergic reaction to latex does not qualify as a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), a federal jury...

December 14, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A former employee of giant computer chipmaker Intel has lost another round in his fight to send office e-mail to Intel workers.

December 14, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employees in a dispute with their boss can't sue that supervisor for communicating that bias to a successor supervisor, a Philadelphia federal judge...

December 2, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plans which mistakenly overpay annuity benefits from a defined benefit pension over 12 months, over several years, or as a lump-sum distribution now...

December 2, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Pennsylvania company can proceed with its ERISA lawsuit against a financial services provider for not transferring its profit-sharing plan's assets into separate...