Compliance

July 15, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A participant's lawsuit against an employee savings plan's administrator for alleged losses affecting a subset of plan participants is allowed to proceed.

July 15, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Michigan lawmaker was expected to introduce pension relief legislation that would, among other things, put off for five years additional ERISA-required pension...

July 14, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The former general counsel for Stolt-Nielsen Transportation Group Ltd. has been allowed to sue for wrongful discharge after the company said such action...

July 14, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participants can sue a retirement savings plan for an ERISA fiduciary breach on behalf of only a portion of their fellow plan investors,...

July 14, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The failure to cover domestic partners in a state of Indiana funeral leave policy is not a violation of the state constitution.

July 14, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appeals court has determined that an employer does not have a fiduciary duty under ERISA to disclose retirement plan considerations when...

July 14, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appeals court has upheld a move by the federal pension insurer to terminate the pension plans of Trans World Airlines

December 31, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An Illinois federal judge has allowed more than 4,800 women to pursue $410 million in sex-discrimination claims against Rent-A-Center Inc., the nation's biggest...

October 31, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has provided information to assist employers who are developing or reevaluating their emergency evactuation procedures.

July 10, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Failing to disclose an "actively at work" requirement contained in a long-term disability (LTD) benefit plan nets an employer a breach of ERISA...

July 10, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Sponsors of Section 457 plans got the promised final regulations on those programs today, including some key changes and clarifications to the proposed...

October 31, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A white male portfolio manager, claiming reverse discrimination, was not required to allege any 'special circumstances' to support his claim in court.

October 31, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Senate, on a voice vote, agreed to bar group health insurance plans from placing more restrictions on mental health benefits than on medical...

September 19, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A pension plan has filed suit against money manager Alliance Capital Management for its investments in Enron.

July 9, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The United States House of Representatives has passed a bill to guarantee retired federal workers the same prescription drug benefits as current federal...

July 9, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Even though an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) kept its company stock holdings while the stock fell in value, the ESOP fiduciary didn't...

July 9, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Individual members of a company's benefits committee may be held liable for fiduciary breach, by failing to monitor stock investments in a 401(k)...

July 8, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Bush administration is pushing for a temporary adjustment to current pension reform legislation to offer United States companies a breath of fresh...

August 19, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Bush administration has taken steps to close down a tax shelter involving undervaluation of taxable policy benefits under split-dollar life insurance arrangements.

July 31, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Proponents of new Social Security legislation, which aims to create personal investment accounts financed by cutting benefits and raising income taxes, urged critics...