Compliance

September 6, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao has released the final report of the 2002 National Summit on Retirement Savings.

Wayne County Circuit Judge Edward Thomas said in a Monday ruling that such supervision was unnecessary, The Detroit News reported. "He made it pretty clear he didn't want...

August 6, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in the District of Columbia has blocked efforts by a coalition of business groups to challenge the US Department of...

August 6, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Senate Democrats have introduced a bill that would boost the maximum pensions of manufacturing workers who participate in a retirement plan taken over...

June 18, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) ? Debate on the Patient's Bill of Rights begins again this week in the Senate ? and odds are that one version will emerge...

June 18, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A study commissioned by the American Association of Retired Persons analyzes the potential costs of alternate plan designs, examining how premium subsidy levels...

June 18, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Supreme Court has sought the Justice Department's opinion on the reach of the federal law that prohibits discrimination against the disabled.

May 6, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge rejected an attempt by retired Arthur Andersen partners to shield their pensions from the impact of the firm's divestiture of...

March 6, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Senator Edward Kennedy (D-Massachusetts) unveiled his much-anticipated Democratic compromise pension reform bill, the features of which closely resemble those contained in President Bush's...

May 18, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The RELIEF tax act got through the week untouched by the Senate, as moderate Democrats joined with Republicans to block amendments to the...

April 18, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - California courts' practice of holding employers strictly liable for supervisor sexual harassment has been called into question by a recent 9th U.S. Circuit...

March 6, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Senator Tim Hutchinson (R-Arkansas) has introduced a bill containing President Bush's proposals for pension protection - and a version of Representative John Boehner's...

February 6, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Enron executives considered delaying the conversion of their 401(k) plan, but were concerned about the communication of the timing change and decided to...

February 6, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a week already cluttered with legislative attempts to prevent another Enron, a Pennsylvania Congressman has joined the fray.

February 6, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Following today's testimony from the Secretary of Labor, tomorrow a House Committee will begin to wade through the details of the Enron 401(k)...

January 18, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service has proposed regulations that would simplify the minimum distribution rules for qualified plans (incl. 403bs and 457s) and IRAs.

January 18, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal securities regulators announced Wednesday they have adopted a new rule aimed at preventing investors from being misled by deceptive names of mutual...

December 5, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The federal pension insurer is moving to take over seven badly underfunded pension plans from National Steel Corp., which collectively represent a $1.1-billion...

December 17, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Former Merck security investigator Michele Alifano won one significant legal battle and lost another one in her fight for workplace protections because of...

December 17, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A group of Southern California Gas Company employees filed a proposed class action lawsuit against their employer, claiming that the gas distributor required...