April 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As part of the Bush administration's New Freedom Initiative, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has introduced a series of workshops.
April 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - State Street Bank and Trust Company wants to reconsider its agreement with Enron to assume oversight of the company's three pension plans, in...
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...
December 26, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participants in multi-employer retirement plans will get a bit more security, thanks to an increase in the Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation's guarantee limit.
December 14, 2001 - (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A nurse's allergic reaction to latex does not qualify as a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), a federal jury...
December 14, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A former employee of giant computer chipmaker Intel has lost another round in his fight to send office e-mail to Intel workers.
December 14, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employees in a dispute with their boss can't sue that supervisor for communicating that bias to a successor supervisor, a Philadelphia federal judge...
December 2, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plans which mistakenly overpay annuity benefits from a defined benefit pension over 12 months, over several years, or as a lump-sum distribution now...
December 2, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Pennsylvania company can proceed with its ERISA lawsuit against a financial services provider for not transferring its profit-sharing plan's assets into separate...
December 2, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Mirage Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas has agreed to pay more than $1 million as part of an out-of-court settlement of...
December 2, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An effort to unionize Allstate Corp.'s exclusive agents ran aground when a regional director of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruled that...
December 14, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Ten current and former female sales executives have filed a sexual discrimination suit against Combined Insurance Company of America, claiming male managers harassed...
December 14, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Similar to the 1997 Boxer bill, the Pension Protection Act of 2001 seeks to limit the exposure of participants to the downfalls of...
December 14, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The likelihood that the Pension Benefits Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) would take over the pension plans of the entire steel industry in the event...
November 14, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) has announced that the maximum benefit it will guarantee for retirees in underfunded, single-employer defined benefit plans...
November 14, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) ? The Internal Revenue Service on Wednesday extended the GUST remedial plan amendment period from December 31, 2001 to February 28, 2002.
November 14, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) ? Senators Jeff Bingaman (D-New Mexico) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) have introduced a new investment advice bill, one that purports to protect employers without...
November 14, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - The House will consider H.R. 2269, the Retirement Security Advice Act, authored by Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Boehner (R-Ohio) tomorrow, just...
October 2, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Department of Labor (DoL) came out with both barrels blazing as it argued in court papers that former Enron Corp. executives...
October 2, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Cendant Corp. Internet executive has been awarded $496,344 in damages for her claims her rights were violated under the Connecticut Family Medical...