Compliance

June 7, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Department of Labor (DoL) will schedule a series of public hearings to examine whether conditions in the work environment that lead to...

May 7, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Disabled workers have found success in suing for workplace harassment under the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA).

May 7, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California Supreme Court handed Medicare HMO beneficiaries a major victory last week, acknowledging the right to sue health maintenance organizations for damages...

May 7, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An investigation into the alleged misallocation of initial public share offerings (IPO), which has targeted investment banks and their institutional clients, may broaden...

March 7, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The House of Representatives has voted to scrap the new ergonomics standards, sending the bill on to President Bush for his expected signature.

March 7, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Labor Secretary Elaine Chao has announced plans to create a new agency within the Department of Labor, called the Office of the 21st...

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...

February 7, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Senators John McCain (R-AZ) and Edward Kennedy (D-MA) have unveiled their bipartisan Patients' Bill of Rights (PBOR) proposal, but Rep. Charles Norwood (R-GA)...

December 6, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a report that examines the impact of Regulation FD on the market, and recommends ways...

December 18, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Some 36,500 TWA workers and retirees will find their pension benefits in the hands of the Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation (PBGC), following Carl...

December 6, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US Supreme Court justices will use a lawsuit filed by a US Airways employee to decide whether the airline can exempt a disabled...

December 6, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Labor Department says it plans to weigh in with its own investigation of the Enron case - focusing on questions about...

December 6, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Labor Department says it plans to weigh in with its own investigation of the Enron case ? focusing on questions about...

November 6, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Retirement Security Advice Bill (HR 2269), sponsored by Representative John Boehner (R - Ohio), is slated for mark up by the House...

November 6, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Both the Commerce Secretary and the Treasury Secretary have now joined the Department of Labor in endorsing a bill that would attempt to broaden...

November 6, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Issuing deliberately vague guidelines, the Internal Revenue Service announced that employers are permitted to deliver their 2001 W-2 forms via e-mail.

November 06, 2001 - Plan sponsors offering flagging company stock might be hit with participant lawsuits, a lawyer warns.

September 18, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor Leslie Kramerich says recent attempts to lower restrictions on offering investment advice to plan participants are not needed,...

August 6, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mitsubishi once again finds itself under fire for behaviors at its plant in Normal, Illinois. This time five former supervisors have charged that...

July 6, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Treasury and the IRS are looking for some help in figuring out how best to tax financial instruments -- with implications...