Compliance

December 24, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Retail giant Wal-Mart Stores has agreed to pay $220,000 to a woman who claimed the company discriminated against her by refusing to hire...

December 24, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) says group health plans are required to make COBRA coverage available to spouses who lose coverage due to...

December 12, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal court has dismissed a participant suit that had charged his employer with wrongfully cutting two investment options from its 401(k) plan.

December 12, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that an employer can look through an employee's e-mail if stored on the employer's...

December 12, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - California's highest court has let stand a lower court ruling declaring unconstitutional the state's plan to borrow nearly $2 billion for employee pensions...

December 24, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Defined contribution plan sponsors who are making choices about offering annuities as a distribution option should check out some new federal guidance.

December 11, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Massachusetts state Senate is turning to the state Supreme Judicial Court to clarify whether a sweeping civil union bill is in line...

December 10, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Congress failed to pass a deficit reduction contribution (DRC) pension relief bill before adjourning for the year, meaning any measure of...

October 24, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - 401(k) plan fiduciaries didn't breach their ERISA-imposed duties by not divesting their plan of employer stock before a public revelation that a company...

October 24, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An ex-New Jersey sheriff's pension calculation will not include his $98,325 salary after he pleaded guilty to misdeeds such as using his deputies...

October 24, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Tyco International will pay $5 million to set up an investor education program and an academic corporate governance course as part of a...

October 24, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) was expected to vote at a Friday open meeting to choose the members of a new...

September 24, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal trial court judge has granted attorneys' fees in an ERISA case despite the fact that the fees were higher than those...

December 9, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US House of Representatives has decided against extending federal unemployment benefits before Congress adjourns for the year.

December 8, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - State-registered investment advisers seeking accreditation under ERISA would have to register electronically through the Investment Adviser Registration Depository (IARD), according to a new...

June 24, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A dispute over how much family leave time was owed to a former employee of the Nevada state welfare department has reached the...

June 24, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - By an overwhelming 308-70 vote, the US House of Representatives passed the Retirement Savings Security Act of 2002 (H.R. 4931), a bill that...

June 24, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly 52,000 retired Arizona state and local government workers could be eligible for an average $5,000 tax refund under a class-action lawsuit that...

May 24, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The post-Enron backlash against corporate wrongdoing continues with proposed rules from Nasdaq prohibiting companies from, among other practices, making large stock grants to...

December 5, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With the last scheduled Congressional workdays for the year looming early next week, negotiations continue on compromise legislation to replace the 30-year US...