July 20, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) ? As the House of Representatives readies for a debate on a patients' bill of rights, the two prevailing camps are jockeying for position.
July 20, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) ? ?The system is broken? ? so says the preface to a report drafted by the bi-partisan commission charged with making recommendations for a...
June 20, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Representative John Boehner (R-OH) is expected to reintroduce the Retirement Security Advice Act later this week ? and he's said to be looking...
Washington, June 20, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -The Department of Labor Wednesday announced an initiative to better assist employers and others with information on the more than 100 labor laws...
June 20, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) ? GOP maneuvering kept the patients' bill of rights from getting to the Senate floor, as concerns grew that contradictory language in the bill...
June 8, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - On June 7, the Internal Revenue Service issued Notice 2000-32, offering plan sponsors and recordkeepers some additional choices - and some "permanent relief"...
Washington, June 20, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As the Senate debates conflicting Patients' Bill of Rights proposals, President George W Bush Wednesday reaffirmed his support for the version sponsored...
May 8, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new US Senate bill addresses the corporate accounting and auditing problems uncovered as part of the Enron investigation.
May 8, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New rules that prohibit Wall Street investment firms from tying their analysts' pay to related investment banking business won the stamp of approval...
May 8, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service has published some much-anticipated guidance on Section 457 defined contribution plans for state and local governments and tax-exempt organizations.
April 8, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Department of Labor (DoL) has given its formal stamp of approval to the electronic distribution of benefit plan information to employees.
April 8, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Department of Labor (DoL) officials are going after trustees of seven union pension and benefit funds with charges that they didn't prevent the...
April 8, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Casting an ever-widening net in a bid to recoup the billions lost in the Enron debacle, lawyers have amended an October 2001 lawsuit...
March 8, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A former executive at Muriel Siebert & Co. has charged in a lawsuit that he was discriminated against in pay and promotions because...
March 8, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new bill recently introduced in the House would require company executives to disclose insider stock sales to plan sponsors within 24 hours...
March 8, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A New York State Thruway toll collector who repeatedly punched a motorist in the face when she didn't paid the correct toll, was...
March 20, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers with underfunded plans - or those not sure if they qualify - can check out a new worksheet from the Pension Benefit...
March 20, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As expected, President Bush signed a repeal of the new OSHA workplace safety regulations, noting they posed "overwhelming compliance challenges" for businesses.
March 8, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Finally, after months of wrangling, the US Senate approved an economic stimulus plan that provides pension interest rate and premium relief, extends unemployment...