Compliance

November 7, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Supreme Court wrestled with the question of how disabled a person must be in order to qualify for protection under the Americans with...

November 7, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)has asked for public comment on regulation of actively managed exchange-traded funds, or ETFs.

October 19, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Department of Labor has published a final rule amending the circumstances under which small pension plans are exempt from the requirement to...

September 7, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -- An employer's failure to clarify that short-term disability leave counts under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) does not entitle an employee...

September 7, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has ruled in favor of more than 1,000 McDonnell Douglas workers, finding that the firm closed a plant to avoid...

August 7, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -Recently a diverse group of retirement industry professionals converged in the nation's capital to drum up ideas to increase participation in qualified plans.

July 19, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The House overwhelmingly passed the Comprehensive Retirement Security and Pension Reform Act (H.R. 1102) Wednesday, but the President said it doesn't do enough...

June 7, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - President Bush provided taxpayers with $1.35 trillion in relief - and plan sponsors with some long-awaited pension relief - today by signing the...

June 7, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Department of Labor (DoL) will schedule a series of public hearings to examine whether conditions in the work environment that lead to...

May 7, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Disabled workers have found success in suing for workplace harassment under the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA).

May 7, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California Supreme Court handed Medicare HMO beneficiaries a major victory last week, acknowledging the right to sue health maintenance organizations for damages...

May 7, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An investigation into the alleged misallocation of initial public share offerings (IPO), which has targeted investment banks and their institutional clients, may broaden...

March 7, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The House of Representatives has voted to scrap the new ergonomics standards, sending the bill on to President Bush for his expected signature.

March 7, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Labor Secretary Elaine Chao has announced plans to create a new agency within the Department of Labor, called the Office of the 21st...

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...

February 7, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Senators John McCain (R-AZ) and Edward Kennedy (D-MA) have unveiled their bipartisan Patients' Bill of Rights (PBOR) proposal, but Rep. Charles Norwood (R-GA)...

December 18, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Some 36,500 TWA workers and retirees will find their pension benefits in the hands of the Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation (PBGC), following Carl...

December 6, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US Supreme Court justices will use a lawsuit filed by a US Airways employee to decide whether the airline can exempt a disabled...

December 6, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Labor Department says it plans to weigh in with its own investigation of the Enron case - focusing on questions about...

December 6, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Labor Department says it plans to weigh in with its own investigation of the Enron case ? focusing on questions about...