Compliance

Amend ERISA pre-emption to expand private-sector coverage, argues a new report from the GAO. 

The agency accuses the fire company and several Long Island towns and villages with preventing older workers from earning credits toward a pension-like program.

Modest improvements show in solvency of multiemployer and single-employer programs

The resource is for companies that fit the definition of “applicable large employer.­”

The EEOC accused the firm of firing two employees when they reached age 62.

A survey of institutional asset managers highlights persistent uncertainty and lack of preparedness around pending SEC money market reforms.

The appellate court determined a district court did not properly review successorship factors.

A court found a pension plan’s SPD materially conflicted with the plan document, so a participant who expected to receive certain benefits can seek relief.

DOL says the proposed rule has been sent to the Office of Management and Budget.

Retirement plan sponsors are usually not experts in compliance, while advisers and consultants are, so sponsors may want to rethink how they engage advisers.

Certain notices to the PBGC must now be filed electronically.

Mercer has published the top 10 compliance-related issues health benefit plan sponsors should address in planning for the upcoming year.

The IRS published procedures for plan sponsors to request a waiver of the electronic filing requirements for Form 8955-SSA and Form 5500-EZ.

Hearings before two House Financial Services subcommittees add more commentary to the debate about the DOL's proposed fiduciary rule.

PBGC anticipates about 94% of plans and sponsors will be exempt from many reporting requirements.

The company will pay $2.5 million.

The EEOC charged the school with discriminating against an employee after finding out he was previously retired from another job.

Clarifying regulations could help plan sponsors choose plan investments, the GAO says.

The guidance also contains final excise tax regulations applicable to both single-employer and multiemployer defined benefit plans.

A lawsuit says BAT Masonry was valued at $13 million less than what its ESOP paid for company stock.