Compliance

December 18, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Department of Labor has issued detailed new procedures for handling health-insurance claims in government regulated employer health plans.

December 18, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Federal District judge signed a $6.8 million consent decree, resolving a suit brought against Wal-Mart Stores by the US Equal Employment Opportunity...

December 18, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has filed a brief in the US Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit opposing a tentative...

December 18, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) says it will withdraw a proposed standard banning smoking in virtually all workplaces, according to the...

December 18, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) will cover the pension benefits of the 2,100 employees and retirees of bankrupt Alamac Knit Fabrics.

November 6, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Court of Appeals judge has ruled that a jury should decide in an IBM non-compete case, according to the New York Law...

November 6, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Lawyers are blaming a 1999 Ohio Supreme Court decision opening the possibility of employees collecting liability claims from their employer's insurance carrier for...

November 6, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Early elections results show that Oregon's Measure 23 has been defeated with 79% of the state's voters opposing the proposal.

October 18, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A US Senate bill passed out of committee this week would help state and local governments find and treat people with mental health...

October 18, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) ? Defined benefit plan administrators should assume that the liberalized dollar limit under Section 415 remains in effect for plan years after December 31,...

September 6, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao has released the final report of the 2002 National Summit on Retirement Savings.

Wayne County Circuit Judge Edward Thomas said in a Monday ruling that such supervision was unnecessary, The Detroit News reported. "He made it pretty clear he didn't want...

August 6, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Senate Democrats have introduced a bill that would boost the maximum pensions of manufacturing workers who participate in a retirement plan taken over...

August 6, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in the District of Columbia has blocked efforts by a coalition of business groups to challenge the US Department of...

June 18, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) ? Debate on the Patient's Bill of Rights begins again this week in the Senate ? and odds are that one version will emerge...

June 18, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A study commissioned by the American Association of Retired Persons analyzes the potential costs of alternate plan designs, examining how premium subsidy levels...

June 18, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Supreme Court has sought the Justice Department's opinion on the reach of the federal law that prohibits discrimination against the disabled.

May 6, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge rejected an attempt by retired Arthur Andersen partners to shield their pensions from the impact of the firm's divestiture of...

March 6, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Senator Edward Kennedy (D-Massachusetts) unveiled his much-anticipated Democratic compromise pension reform bill, the features of which closely resemble those contained in President Bush's...

May 18, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The RELIEF tax act got through the week untouched by the Senate, as moderate Democrats joined with Republicans to block amendments to the...