Compliance

June 27, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An influential Republican U.S. Senator has proposed a bill that would start the legal time limit for which employees can file pay discrimination...

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...

June 27, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont has denied a health plan participant's claim that IBM Corp. should pay for her...

June 27, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Governor Steve Beshear signed legislation Friday afternoon aimed at shoring up Kentucky's financially troubled pension system for public employees.

June 27, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New Jersey's Supreme Court gave its stamp of approval to employee stock-purchase compensation plans that carry forfeiture provisions if participants quit before fully...

June 25, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Treasury   Department and Internal Revenue Service released on Wednesday   additional guidance on health savings accounts   (HSAs).

June 24, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service has bumped up optional standard mileage rates for computing the deductible costs of operating an automobile for business, medical,...

June 23, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - United States Attorney Karen P. Hewitt on Monday announced that the UNUM Group will pay $5,550,000 in fines and penalties to the federal...

June 23, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite dissatisfaction among unions representing New Jersey state employees, lawmakers hammered out a compromise bill Friday evening instituting pension reform in the Garden...

June 23, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to determine whether employees who received less credited service time while on pregnancy leave prior to the...

June 23, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - If you'd like to get caught up on recent regulatory guidance without going anywhere - the Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration...

June 20, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Kentucky's retirement system does not discriminate against older workers, the Associated Press reported.

June 20, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa ruled that a plan administrator was not required to provide a participant who...

June 20, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A ruling by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals makes it more difficult for employer's to monitor emails and text messages sent...

June 19, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A measure that would expand coverage under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) passed the House Judiciary and Education and Labor committees on...

June 19, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - On Tuesday President Bush signed into law a measure preventing reservists called into active duty from forfeiting flexible spending account (FSA) balances.

June 19, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A U.S. Supreme Court ruling will make it harder and costlier for employers to defend themselves against age bias claims.

June 17, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appellate court has ruled that employees don't lose the right to pursue individual legal claims when they cash out their plan...

June 17, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Legislation to protect the survivor benefits of service members killed in action was signed into law by President Bush on Tuesday.

June 13, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 7th U.S. Court of Appeals has denied a correctional officer's Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) claim because he was unable to prove...