Compliance

April 17, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service has released the final version of new significantly simpler rules governing money that retirement savers are required to withdraw...

March 29, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The finances of the nation's pension insurance fund have never been stronger, according to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC).

March 29, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Representative Ben Cardin (D-Md.) made the case for pension reform Wednesday, focusing on the needs and benefits of small business before a House...

March 5, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Discharged employees of a bankrupt company's successor were not entitled to payment of incentive bonuses out of the former employer's bankruptcy proceeds, according...

March 5, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Minnesota company's policy of providing 26 weeks of income to disabled workers may constitute an ERISA regulated benefit plan, a federal judge...

March 5, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Congressional bill designed to create reemployment accounts of up to $3,000 to help jobless Americans find work passed another legislative hurdle with...

March 5, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The controversial tenure of Janet Rehnquist as inspector general at the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is apparently drawing to...

February 5, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Two Republican lawmakers have unveiled Congressional proposals to allow non-salaried workers to choose paid time off instead of cash for overtime work as...

February 5, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -The 3rd US Circuit Court has agreed to review a discrimination suit against DiamlerChrysler, after finding the plaintiff was not accurately notified of her...

May 2, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has released Notice 2003-20, describing changes to reporting and withholding requirements for Section 457(b) eligible deferred compensation plans.

May 1, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Compensation policies for money managers at California's two large public pension plans are up for "structural changes" following a court ruling.

January 29, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Over thirty lawsuits have been filed to date challenging the controversial Occupational Safety and Health Administration ergonomics standard.

May 1, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal legislation has been introduced to provide self-employed Americans better access to healthcare through the elimination of self-employment taxes on health insurance premiums.

May 1, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is updating access, outreach and enforcement services to the limited English proficient (LEP) employer and employee...

April 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Senators Barbara Boxer (D-California) and John Ensign (R-Nevada) have introduced legislation that would put off mandatory expensing of stock options for at least...

April 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A retired employee of Mirant Corp. has filed a lawsuit alleging violations of ERISA provisions.

April 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Ailing workers insured by UnumProvident Corp. who have accused the largest disability insurer in the United States of concocting a scheme to deny...

April 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With the aggregate underfunding level at US private pension plans now at a record level, the federal pension insurer has slid deeper into...

April 29, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appeals court has upheld the constitutionality of a new federal information privacy law in a South Carolina case - one of...

April 29, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appeals court has ruled American Electrical Power Co's (AEP) purchase of "janitors" life insurance policies on 20,000 employees was nothing more...