Compliance

November 26, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is expected to release its final regulations to Section 457 in mid-2003, according to a report from Washington-based...

February 10, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite pleas from Ohio Governor Bob Taft to hold off on any new health-care mandates on business, the Buckeye State's House approved a...

February 10, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The federal private pension insurer has taken over an underfunded pension plan sponsored by the bankrupt Fansteel Inc., a specialty metals manufacturer based...

February 10, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com)— A federal judge ruled that an ordinance requiring employers receiving certain housing and community development funds to extend benefits to employees' domestic partners is...

September 26, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A stroke victim isn't entitled to an unlimited amount of physical therapy paid by her retired husband's former employer if such coverage isn't...

September 26, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Department of Labor's Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration (PWBA) has announced publication of a technical amendment extending the sunset date for...

September 26, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The federal pension insurer doesn't have to pay benefits to unvested participants in a partially terminated cash balance pension plan, a judge ruled.

February 9, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's private pension insurer is moving to take over the pension plan of a bankrupt Baton Rouge, Louisiana-based cafeteria company covering more...

February 9, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A bi-partisan group of US Senators has introduced a comprehensive mutual fund reform measure that would repeal the US Securities and Exchange Commission...

August 26, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The federal government's pension insurer has just taken over responsibility for six pension plans - and for a change, they don't appear to...

August 26, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Legislation that would establish a registration process for 403(b) program vendors in California has cleared another hurdle.

August 26, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appeals court found that a single word - "for" - rendered a policy ambiguous enough to overcome a preexisting condition clause.

July 26, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The list of states still out of step with the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 (EGTRRA) is one shorter,...

July 26, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - This afternoon Wisconsin Governor Scott McCallum signed into law a budget reform bill, which also happens to bring the Badger State into compliance...

July 26, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Massachusetts employers could be held criminally responsible for knowingly exposing children to the threat of abuse at the hands of their employees.

July 26, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Evidence that an employer routinely provided each new worker with a summary plan description (SPD) was enough to overcome a worker's claim that...

July 26, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Two of the six plaintiffs in one of the largest sexual harassment suits in US history have decided to call it a day.

June 26, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.Com) - Workplace health reimbursement arrangements (HRA) have to be solely employer funded, can't be funded by salary reduction, and can only provide benefits for...

June 26, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has ruled that a New York state school district violated federal antidiscrimination laws by designing compensation plan that would encourage...

June 26, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A group of retired workers of a truck trailer manufacturer suffered a setback in their battle to receive free lifetime health coverage when...