Compliance | October 8th, 2008 DoL Sues Firm for Abandoning Plan without Distributing Assets October 8, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor has sued the now-defunct People Unlimited Consulting Inc. and two...
Compliance | October 6th, 2008 DoL Issues Final Rules on Missing Bene's and Other PPA Provisions October 6, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) has announced final rules under the Pension Protection Act...
Compliance | October 2nd, 2008 Ohio Business Owner Enters Plea on 401(k) Annual Reports Charge October 2, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The owner of a Columbus, Ohio, company has pleaded guilty to not filing financial reports...
Compliance | October 1st, 2008 DoL Puts out Union Disclosure Final Rule October 1, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS) on Wednesday released a final...
Benefits | September 23rd, 2008 TX, LA Plans Get More Form 5500 Filing Time September 23, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal regulators are giving plan sponsors in states along the Gulf of Mexico hit hard...
Benefits | September 19th, 2008 EBSA Updates Plan Contact Checks September 19, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) has updated its Web site...
Compliance | August 12th, 2008 FLSA Requires Compensation for Work through Required Breaks August 11, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Even if employees work through their required meal breaks in violation of company policy, the...
Compliance | August 1st, 2008 DoL Sues the Brown Schools for Failure to Forward Employee Contributions August 1, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor has sued fiduciaries of the 401(k) plan of The Brown...
Compliance | July 29th, 2008 DoL, SEC Ink Information Sharing Pact July 29, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on...
Compliance | July 15th, 2008 Federal Judge Approves Plan Distribution, Termination July 15, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in Ohio has issued an order allowing the U.S. Department of Labor's...
Compliance | July 14th, 2008 EBSA Issues Form 5500 Schedule C Fee Disclosure Guidance July 14, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal regulators have released additional guidance about new rules for reporting service provider fees and...
Compliance | June 30th, 2008 EBSA Settles $2.2M Bankruptcy Claim for Delphi Pension Plan June 30, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal regulators have worked out a $2.2-million settlement with auto-parts supplier Delphi Corp. to restore...
Compliance | May 12th, 2008 DoL Obtains Payment from Union for Risky Investments May 12, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) announced it has obtained consent orders requiring trustees of...
Compliance | May 8th, 2008 Benefit Plan Reporting Can be a Good Thing May 8, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal benefit plans regulators on Thursday assured plan sponsors that paying strict attention to plan...
Compliance | May 6th, 2008 DoL Web Site Helps Employers Navigate Federal Law Dictates May 6, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new Web site from the U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) contains an elaws advisor...
Compliance | April 30th, 2008 DC Lawyer Barred from ERISA Plan Service April 30, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has permanently barred a District of Columbia lawyer from servicing any Employee...
Compliance | April 29th, 2008 DoL Answers Questions on QDIAs April 29, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor's (DoL) Employee Benefits Security Administration has announced publication of technical...
Compliance | April 11th, 2008 DoL Sues Investment Firm on Behalf of MI Union Plans April 11, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) filed a lawsuit in federal district court in Chicago...
Compliance | April 9th, 2008 Employer Fined for Lying on Form 5500 April 9, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Charlotte construction contractor has been hit with $153,000 in penalties and fines and sentenced...
Compliance | April 1st, 2008 11th Circuit Sends Overtime Pay Calculation Back to Jury April 1, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a case in which it was decided that salaried managers were owed overtime pay,...