Compliance

November 8, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In the UK negligence suit brought against Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (MLIM) by Unilever Superannuation Fund (USF), Carol Galley, COO of MLIM, conceded...

November 8, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) cannot demand information related to sex discrimination in a race discrimination lawsuit, a federal appeals court has...

November 20, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service has announced new pension plan limits for 2001, including changes to section 415 limits for both defined contribution and...

November 8, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An employee suit brought against New York Life Insurance Co. has been granted class-action status by a district court judge.

October 8, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. (PBGC) is trying to do its part to help out plan sponsors impacted by the September 11 terrorist attacks.

June 8, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A California Superior Court judge has certified almost 4,000 Hewlett-Packard retirees as a class in a lawsuit against their former employer.

May 8, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A worker's damage recovery under the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) is not subject to subrogation by his employer or its insurance carrier,...

March 8, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Congressmen Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) and Ken Bentsen (D-Tx.) have introduced a "Small Employer Retirement Plan" that would make it easier for employers with...

January 8, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Supreme Court asked the Justice Department for its opinion on a Texas law that allowed patients to seek independent review of...

December 7, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Retirement plan participants could have to pay state income tax next year on money contributed to their plan on a federal tax-deferred basis....

December 19, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participants now have a special voice for their benefits concerns, the newly created Office of Participant Assistance and Communications.

November 7, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Ways & Means Committee approved the Retirement Security Advice Act authored by Education & the Workforce Chairman John Boehner (R-Ohio), by a vote...

November 7, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -- A judge presiding over a discrimination suit filed by African-American workers at the Adams Mark hotel chain denied their petition to file a...

November 7, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Apple Computers has found itself at the core of a $40 million suit, which claims that an African American former employee was denied promotions...

November 7, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Supreme Court wrestled with the question of how disabled a person must be in order to qualify for protection under the Americans with...

November 7, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)has asked for public comment on regulation of actively managed exchange-traded funds, or ETFs.

October 19, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Department of Labor has published a final rule amending the circumstances under which small pension plans are exempt from the requirement to...

September 7, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -- An employer's failure to clarify that short-term disability leave counts under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) does not entitle an employee...

September 7, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has ruled in favor of more than 1,000 McDonnell Douglas workers, finding that the firm closed a plant to avoid...

August 7, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -Recently a diverse group of retirement industry professionals converged in the nation's capital to drum up ideas to increase participation in qualified plans.