Compliance

March 13, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Faced with a plethora of post-Enron pension reform proposals, lawmakers now look for common ground as legislation introduced by pension reform champions Representatives...

February 13, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A worker at a Kansas greeting card factory can move forward with her lawsuit, which alleges she was discriminated against for taking federally...

January 25, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Senate Banking Chairman Phil Gramm and New York Sen. Charles Schumer have renewed a bipartisan plan to lower the fees charged to register...

December 24, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) has once again stepped in to cover a failed steel company pension plan.

December 24, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -On Friday, President George W. Bush signed legislation that would expand the investment options for some $15.3 billion in railroad pension funds.

December 12, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration (PWBA), a division of the US Department of Labor (DoL), has announced the publication of the Year...

December 12, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Cosmetics giant Mary Kay got slapped with an $11.2-million jury award for firing a sales manager disabled with breast cancer who the company...

December 12, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal district judge has preliminarily approved a Consent Decree, awarding $2.1 million to 61 former employees who lost their jobs during layoffs...

November 12, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A current Intel, Corp. employee claims she has been improperly classified as an "exempt" employee and is entitled to compensation, according to a...

November 12, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A US Senate Republican, next in line to take over the chairmanship of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, said his...

November 12, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A group of grocery chain workers lost its bid for US Supreme Court review of a decision forcing them to fund union organizing...

October 24, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - US Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao issued recommendations from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) that will reduce the risk of anthrax exposure...

September 12, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The controversial sale of Hershey Foods is temporarily on hold while a Pennsylvania appeals court mulls over legal issues raised by both sides.

September 12, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Oregon state senate has approved a proposal to stop offering benefits under the Oregon Public Employees Retirement System (PERS) to new workers.

September 12, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As expected, with its bankruptcy buyer unwilling to shoulder the obligations of its pension fund, Polaroid retirees now find themselves under the protection...

September 12, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A promise to make severance payments was too vague to create an obligation to do so, according to a federal appeals court.

September 24, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) ? The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has postponed the effective date of new reporting requirements on nonqualified stock option gains until 2003.

August 24, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) ? A wife attacked at work by her spouse has sued her employer for failing to take steps to protect workers from spousal abuse.

August 24, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com-The full Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans will meet September 12 after this year's working groups have completed hearing testimony from...

August 12, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appeals court ruled that pension trustees were not out of bounds when they cut out cost of living adjustments for certain...