Compliance

March 28, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The estate of a long-term disability (LTD) benefit plan participant is not preempted by ERISA in its claim that the participant's employer intentionally...

March 28, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has said companies should continue disclosing retirement plan blackout period information in their quarterly reports for the...

March 27, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers can shut the door on hourly employees from participating in company benefit plans as long as such exclusions aren't based on age...

March 26, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Concerned about the difficulty placed on plan sponsors, the Social Security Administration (SSA) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) decided Form 5500 would...

March 26, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Half of the 10 largest claims against the nation's private pension plan insurer have arisen in the past three years, and the trend...

March 25, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors requesting determination letters for qualified employee benefit plan terminations will have one less schedule to fill out, thanks to an Internal...

March 24, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has implemented a new voluntary mediation pilot program providing private sector employees another avenue to pursue...

December 27, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com)- The Department of Labor (DoL) took another step toward expanding participant advice options recently, issuing an advisory opinion that removes some of the economic...

December 27, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has released updated guidelines on providing "Safe Harbor Explanations" about rollovers as recently expanded by the Economic Growth...

November 27, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - House Ways & Means Committee members Representatives Phil English (R-Pennsylvania) and Karen Thurman (D - Florida) introduced the Lifetime annuity Payout (LAP) Act,...

November 27, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hoechst Celanese Corporation has lost its bid to avoid paying California state taxes on part of a $388-million pension reversion from a qualified...

November 27, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Supreme Court abandoned plans to rule on a major affirmative action case, concluding that the lawsuit involving a white-owned contractor wasn't...

November 15, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US House of Representatives passed a bill to extend for a year a federal law mandating employers and health insurers to offer...

November 15, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Senate has approved legislation allowing some older federal employees and members of the armed forces to make catch-up contributions to the...

November 15, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) is charging six additional people in an Ohio hedge fund scheme that allegedly defrauded investors of $15...

October 15, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new pension bill could find its fate wrapped up with a new bill designed to extend unemployment benefits for some workers.

October 15, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A former temporary worker in a Pennsylvania parcel distribution facility who claims his boss called African-Americans "monkeys" can sue the company under federal...

August 27, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -An employer that promised lifetime benefits for retirees violated ERISA when it eliminated a Medicare reimbursement program, according to a federal judge.

August 27, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Independent contractors can't sue under Title VII, even if they are performing the same job -- for the same employer --that they previously...

August 15, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - At a time when more and more workers are contemplating delayed retirements, noted Washington pension protagonists are said to be considering new realities...