Compliance

July 11, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service has cautioned taxpayers to be on the lookout for a new wave of scams using the IRS name in...

July 10, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a continuation of a recent trend of federal courts throwing aside cash balance plan challenges, a federal appellate court has cleared two...

July 10, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has cleared a Missouri construction union of racial discrimination in its use of a jobs-referral list.

July 9, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado has ruled the pension equity formula and wear-away period that are part of the...

July 9, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. House has passed legislation that clarifies lawmakers' intention that corporate pension plans can use 24-month smoothing when calculating pension liability.

July 8, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled an employer has a duty to reasonably accommodate an employee's disability if the disability...

July 8, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas ruled that fiduciaries of the Dell Inc. 401(k) Plan did not violate their...

July 7, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware has denied a request by a deceased pension plan participant's ex-wife for interest on...

July 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) announced it is publishing a final rule amending its regulation on Rules for Administrative Review of Agency...

July 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - If you have a problem with your retirement plan - or are just worried that you might have - the Internal Revenue Service...

July 2, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Minnesota state judge awarded $6.5 million in compensatory damages to Wal-Mart workers in the state after finding the giant retailer violated state...

July 2, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A sharply divided federal appellate court has upheld a lower court ruling that the widow of a life insurance plan participant killed in...

July 2, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Citing a recent situation in which the nation's private-sector pension insurer demanded repayments from retirees after the agency had miscalculated pension benefits, a...

July 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As part of health system reform, the Utah Legislature has made it easier for Utah's uninsured to enroll in their work-sponsored health plan.

July 2, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service has issued a notice of the proposed treatment of recurring part-year compensation under §457(f) and §409A of the Internal...

July 1, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-Pennsylvania) and Herb Kohl (D-Wisconsin), Chairman of the Senate Special Committee on Aging, on June 27 introduced a bill...

July 1, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) has proposed a rule to protect the agency from liability growth during employer bankruptcy proceedings.

June 30, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New Congressional legislation in the form of a Pension Protection Act technical corrections bill would effectively clarify lawmakers' intention that corporate pension plans...

June 30, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal regulators have worked out a $2.2-million settlement with auto-parts supplier Delphi Corp. to restore pension plan assets the government charged were lost...

June 27, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Minnesota judge has blocked the city of Duluth from making any changes to the health coverage of two of its retirees and...