Compliance

June 5, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Supreme Court has set a precedent, increasing damage awards for discharged workers who claim their dismissal was a result of illegal...

April 5, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - Small business owners and entrepreneurs might have reason to be optimistic about the future of Medical Savings Accounts (MSA), thanks to new legislation...

April 5, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a decision likely to rekindle controversy over healthcare decisions, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court found that a state medical negligence claim was not...

March 5, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A resolution opposing new ergonomics standards from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) could come up for a vote as early as...

February 5, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com ) - If individuals are allowed to make individual investments in their Social Security accounts, it will force the Securities and Exchange Commission into...

February 5, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Bankruptcy reform legislation is back in the Congress, but pensions appear to be safe for now according to the American Benefits Council.

January 5, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The IRS has proposed regulations that would impose conditions on health coverage reductions once excess pension assets have been transferred to a health...

December 4, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The railway retirement bill, which would let the federally administered railroad pension system redirect some of its assets from Treasury bonds to equities,...

November 8, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Robert Herdman, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)'s chief accountant, said pro forma earnings can be a valuable tool in assessing a company's...

October 4, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Coatesville Area School District in Philadelphia has agreed to a settlement of over $475,000 in an age discrimination suit brought by the US...

October 4, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) ? The full House Education & the Workforce Committee approved the Retirement Security Act (H.R. 2269) yesterday, incorporating several new suggestions from committee members...

September 04, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) ? A federal judge has reversed himself and now finds that states and their agencies are immune from suits under Title II of the...

September 4, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -US government regulations cost employers about $91 billion each year, with occupational safety and health regulations accounting for more than half that total, according...

April 4, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Bills have been introduced in the House and Senate that would provide tax credits to help uninsured Americans obtain health insurance.

April 4, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court in Philadelphia dismissed significant portions of a lawsuit against New York Life that challenged the investment of employee and...

April 4, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has allowed a group of past and present employees of the Federal Reserve to continue with a lawsuit against their...

November 15, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) today unanimously approved new rules that require brokers and markets to disclose more information about their trade...

October 15, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With several versions of H.R. 1102, the pension reform bill, before Congress this week, observers are wondering which version the legislators will accept.

October 3, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Education & the Workforce Committee of the House of Representatives today approved the Retirement Security Advice Act, H.R. 2269, sponsored by committee...

August 3, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Congress is considering legislation giving tax relief to workers faced with huge tax bills after exercising stock option grants last year.