Compliance

September 17, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The ex-wife of a now-deceased worker was entitled to a QDRO distribution - even though that designation followed her spouse's death.

September 17, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Even as a new consulting report highlights the looming retiree healthcare crisis, a long-awaited bill has been introduced in the Senate.

September 17, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The battle between union officials and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over the agency's employee pay scale continues to rage.

May 9, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Delta Airlines pilot who intentionally evaded retirement benefit notices for more than a decade doesn't now deserve more than $900,000 in interest...

May 8, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Investigators with the US Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) can consider the length of time for forwarding participant contributions in...

May 8, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An employer may be entitled to keep the demutualization proceeds paid for an ownership interest in a defined benefit plan termination annuity contract.

May 8, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has announced a comment period and proposed hearing relating to the valuation of economic benefits under an equity split-dollar...

August 29, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Small employers are more likely than larger firms to support an expanded right for patients to sue their health plans, according to a...

May 7, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An Ohio company fending off an employee lawsuit over the cost of its retired employee health plan won its second legal skirmish in...

May 7, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While the potential for blue-collar pension disparity grabbed headlines earlier this week, there appears to be a legitimate case to be made for...

May 6, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employees whose companies use electronic debt cards or credit cards to reimburse them for substantiated medical expenses can still have the amounts excluded...

June 29, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) ? You needed a scorecard to keep up with all the amendments, debates and votes in the Senate's continued deliberations on S. 1052, the...

June 29, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Before the end of August the Internal Revenue Service says it will publish sample amendments that plan sponsors may adopt or copy to...

June 17, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of complaints filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) against the government, fell by around 5% in fiscal year 2001,...

June 17, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With studies showing an increasing need for companies to rely on experienced retired workers, government officials are asking for suggestions on how they...

June 17, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Maryland's highest court has approved a Montgomery County law extending benefits to domestic partners. The decision was seen as a significant victory for...

June 17, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal court has approved a $31-million settlement in a nationwide gender and age discrimination lawsuit against American Express Co.'s financial advisers unit,...

June 17, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao has rolled out some new initiatives designed to help plan sponsors - particularly smaller employers - successfully...

June 29, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued final regulations (TD 8954) that allow defined contribution and combined defined contribution/defined benefit retirement plans to...

May 6, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The airline industry may be seeking legislation that will allow commercial airlines to put off making any catch-up contributions to their underfunded pension...