Compliance | March 31st, 2006 Chao Names 2006 Benefit Advisory Council Members March 31, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US Secretary of Labor (DoL) Elaine Chao on Friday tapped five new members of the...
Compliance | March 15th, 2006 DoL Investigating Possible Northwest ERISA Violations March 15, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Department of Labor (DoL) is looking into actions by Northwest Airlines leading to...
Compliance | March 14th, 2006 DoL Hits GA Firm with Suit over Plan Abandonment March 14, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal officials have filed a federal court lawsuit against the fiduciaries of a Jefferson, Georgia...
Compliance | March 3rd, 2006 DoL: Health Payments Must be Maintained for Workers on FMLA Leave March 3, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers with a cafeteria-style benefits program must keep at a constant level the health care...
Compliance | February 27th, 2006 DoL Extends 5500 Reporting Deadline for Hurricane-Affected Employers February 27, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Department of Labor's Employee Benefit Security Administration (EBSA) is extending the deadline for filing...
Compliance | February 8th, 2006 DoL Collects $166 Million in Back Wages in 2005 February 8, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Employment Standards Administration's Wage and Hour Division (WHD) collected $166,005,014 in back wages...
Compliance | February 2nd, 2006 EBSA Changes Prohibited Class Transaction Rules February 2, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) has put out two amendments...
Compliance | January 30th, 2006 EBSA Achieves $1.7 Billion in Enforcement Actions Results January 30, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) achieved $1.7 billion in results from actions to enforce...
Compliance | January 10th, 2006 DoL Requires Funding Notice for Multiemployer Pension Plans January 10, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Department of Labor (DoL) has issued final rules requiring administrators of multiemployer pension plans...
Benefits | December 29th, 2005 Portland Administrator Settles on Retirement Funds Misuse Claim December 29, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Department of Labor (DoL) has reached a settlement with the president of a...
Compliance | December 20th, 2005 Child Labor Laws Restrict Transportation of Goods December 20, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A commercial fishing enterprise in Alaska was recently fined $11,700 for violating child labor laws...
Compliance | December 6th, 2005 Qwest Retirees Win Partial Victory in DoL Suit December 6, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Qwest Communications retirees won partial victories in their fight to get information about the management...
Compliance | October 17th, 2005 DoL Tracking Storm Affected Plan Sponsors October 17, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) on Monday launched a Web...
Compliance | September 19th, 2005 Feds Push Back Health Coverage Deadlines for Katrina Victims September 19, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal officials have announced extension to health plan coverage deadlines so that employees and employers...
Compliance | September 15th, 2005 DoL Helps Hurricane Katrina Victims September 15, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) and the IRS have issued guidance...
Compliance | August 29th, 2005 DoL Proposes Electronic Filing of Form 5500 August 29, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Department of Labor's (DoL's) Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) office has published a...
Compliance | August 29th, 2005 DoL Issues Notice of Form LM-30 Changes August 29, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Department of Labor's (DoL's) Office of Labor Management Standards (OLMS) has published a Notice...
Compliance | August 22nd, 2005 DoL Plans Regulation to Encourage Auto Enrollment August 22, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Department of Labor (DoL) plans to propose a regulation by the end of the...
Compliance | July 25th, 2005 Feds Release 2005 Form 5500 July 25, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors can take a look at the latest version of the Form 5500 as...
Compliance | July 21st, 2005 Fines Against Defunct Indiana MEWA Increased to $4.1M July 21, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal officials said Thursday that they have obtained a court order from an Indianapolis federal...