Compliance

October 17, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Merrill Lynch rejected a negligence claim by the UK pension fund of consumer giant Unilever, saying the fund knew it was buying an investment...

October 17, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a big setback to organized labor, the Senate Health, Education and Labor Committee voted 11-10 in favor of the nomination of Eugene...

September 5, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Pennsylvania judge has blocked the controversial sale of Hershey Foods, at least for the moment.

September 5, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A prominent Senator is looking for a way to tap into 'excessive' compensation packages of top executives of companies that have filed for...

September 5, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 2.7 million-member Alliance for Retired Americans (ARA) has demanded action from lawmakers and congressional candidates on hot-button retiree items such as a...

September 17, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In an age discrimination case, a US District Court has upheld a $3.9 million jury verdict and tacked on a further $2 million...

September 17, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee has passed a bill that would require states to abide by the Age Discrimination in...

September 17, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Department of Labor's Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration (PWBA), the Internal Revenue Service, and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) have...

August 5, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite some last-minute goading by the GOP, Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-South Dakota) says the Senate will wait until after Labor Day...

August 5, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Senator Joe Lieberman (D-Connecticut) has introduced a new bill that attempts to deal with executive abuses without discouraging the use of options to...

Washington, DC, July 17, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a turnaround from its position under the Clinton administration, the Department of Labor Tuesday voiced support for the Retirement Security...

Washington DC, July 17, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a stunning turnaround, the Department of Labor (DoL) embraced the Retirement Security Advice Act, legislation that would offer employers more...

July 17, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Texas jury found in favor of the defendants in the first managed-care malpractice suit filed under the state's 1997 Health Care Liability...

July 17, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new rule put out by the Internal Revenue Service rubber stamps the actions of plan sponsors who made required 2001 minimum distributions...

July 17, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The dismissal of a recruitment firm's appeal by a San Francisco court means that the firm must delete some of the small print...

June 5, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A US district court in North Carolina has ruled that an employer did not interfere with an employee's right to employee benefits when...

May 17, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge chose not to believe an employer's rationale for not promoting an older worker, but chose to believe his assertion that...

May 17, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Senate Finance Committee late Wednesday approved the Restoring Earnings to Lift Individuals and Empower Families (RELIEF) tax act by a 14-6 vote....

April 5, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Eleven African American workers, who claim they were victims of racial discrimination, lost their bid to turn their lawsuit against Merck & Co....

April 17, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appeals court decision that a grocery store chain must make pension contributions on behalf of those employees that they classified as...