September 04, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) ? A federal judge has reversed himself and now finds that states and their agencies are immune from suits under Title II of the...
September 4, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -US government regulations cost employers about $91 billion each year, with occupational safety and health regulations accounting for more than half that total, according...
April 4, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Bills have been introduced in the House and Senate that would provide tax credits to help uninsured Americans obtain health insurance.
April 4, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court in Philadelphia dismissed significant portions of a lawsuit against New York Life that challenged the investment of employee and...
April 4, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has allowed a group of past and present employees of the Federal Reserve to continue with a lawsuit against their...
November 15, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) today unanimously approved new rules that require brokers and markets to disclose more information about their trade...
October 15, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With several versions of H.R. 1102, the pension reform bill, before Congress this week, observers are wondering which version the legislators will accept.
October 3, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Education & the Workforce Committee of the House of Representatives today approved the Retirement Security Advice Act, H.R. 2269, sponsored by committee...
August 3, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Congress is considering legislation giving tax relief to workers faced with huge tax bills after exercising stock option grants last year.
July 3, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California Court of Appeals has denied a petition by Catholic Charities of Sacramento that would allow the group to exclude prescription contraceptive...
June 15, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In an attempt to boost retirement savings among female workers, Sen. John Ashcroft, R-Mo, has introduced a bill that would change pension and...
May 3, 2001 - (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled that unvested stock options should be treated the same as unvested pensions when dividing marital property...
December 14, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors may need to rethink their current health coverage under a new federal ruling. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has ruled that...
November 2, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -The Second US Court of Appeals has cleared the way for the Association of Former Pan Am Employees (AFPAE) to bring suit against the...
November 14, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In the midst of an uncertain election outcome, a lame duck congressional session and President Clinton's Asian visit, congressional leaders have opted to...
October 2, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Labor Department's Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration is offering American workers information that could help them protect their benefits during layoffs and...
October 2, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Medical savings accounts will continue to be available through 2002, since the number of MSA returns filed is far short of the target...
October 2, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - On the first day of its new session, the Supreme Court denied review of a number of employee benefit-related cases.
August 2, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) ? President Bush and Representative Charles Norwood (R-Georgia) say they have reached agreement on the approach for the passage of a patients' bill of...
May 10, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Standard&Poor's expects to hear soon whether the Department of Labor grants it a Prohibited Transaction Exemption (PTE) for its retirement investment advice software.