Compliance

February 4, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A multiemployer defined benefit pension plan did not illegally cut back on retiree benefits when it dropped a cost-of-living-adjustment (COLA) after the retirement...

April 1, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A former employee was entitled to retain insurance coverage under COBRA, despite having notified her employer of a decision to terminate the coverage...

April 1, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US Supreme Court justices have turned away an Illinois case about whether the legal doctrine of estoppel can be applied to ERISA health...

April 1, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Even while US Senate leaders are working on a $2.8-billion airline aid package, they may also tack on executive pay limits for the...

April 1, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has adopted rules to strengthen corporate audit committees, giving them new power to hire and fire the...

January 16, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a move certain to rekindle the controversy surrounding the Enron lockdown, the Gottesdiener Law Firm has published two emails allegedly sent to...

May 31, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The House of Representatives is expected to vote on legislation to reduce transaction fees and increase pay for Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)...

January 16, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US Supreme Court justices on Wednesday quizzed lawyers for an Illinois HMO and a Chicago woman about whether state officials can legally step...

March 31, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An employer who, in a good faith mistake, overpaid pension benefits to a former employee can recover the overpayment as an equitable remedy,...

March 31, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors with defined benefit plans may soon find some relief coming their way, courtesy of pension reform advocates Portman and Cardin.

March 28, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The estate of a long-term disability (LTD) benefit plan participant is not preempted by ERISA in its claim that the participant's employer intentionally...

March 28, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has said companies should continue disclosing retirement plan blackout period information in their quarterly reports for the...

March 27, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers can shut the door on hourly employees from participating in company benefit plans as long as such exclusions aren't based on age...

March 26, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Concerned about the difficulty placed on plan sponsors, the Social Security Administration (SSA) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) decided Form 5500 would...

March 26, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Half of the 10 largest claims against the nation's private pension plan insurer have arisen in the past three years, and the trend...

March 25, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors requesting determination letters for qualified employee benefit plan terminations will have one less schedule to fill out, thanks to an Internal...

March 24, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has implemented a new voluntary mediation pilot program providing private sector employees another avenue to pursue...

December 27, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com)- The Department of Labor (DoL) took another step toward expanding participant advice options recently, issuing an advisory opinion that removes some of the economic...

December 27, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has released updated guidelines on providing "Safe Harbor Explanations" about rollovers as recently expanded by the Economic Growth...

November 27, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - House Ways & Means Committee members Representatives Phil English (R-Pennsylvania) and Karen Thurman (D - Florida) introduced the Lifetime annuity Payout (LAP) Act,...