Compliance

March 18, 2008 ((b)lines) - Final 403(b) regulations issued by the Internal Revenue Service require that all 403(b) programs have in place a written plan document and specify...

March 18, 2008 ((b)lines) - An adviser has some charter school clients that have been utilizing the DoL safe harbor in Labor Reg. § 2510.3-2(f). The adviser asks:...

March 18, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Supreme Court let stand a 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision that cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) provided to defined benefit plan...

March 17, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In the same way as it has already ruled that nonemployer individuals in a workplace cannot be held liable for discrimination claims under...

March 17, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a lower court ruling that an employer that acted on the only complaints it...

March 17, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - If you're looking for an idea as to when that stimulus payment will arrive, you might want to start by checking out your...

March 17, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court ruling that a pension plan administrator was correct in denying surviving spouse...

March 14, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has decided an applicant for a job as a part-time library page does not have to...

March 14, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued Announcement 2008-23, which lays out a new simplified process for obtaining determination letters for pre-approved defined...

March 14, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -The U.S. House of Representatives has approved a measure tuning up the Pension Protection Act (PPA), but the bill did not deal with the...

March 13, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A former employee of a health-care facility can't sue his old employer for not properly funding the company's profit-sharing plan, a federal judge...

March 13, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), the nation's private pension plan insurer, is analyzing its transition management processes - with an eye toward...

March 12, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In an unusually harshly-worded opinion critical of a lower court's ruling in a gender discrimination suit filed by a deputy U.S. Marshal, a...

March 12, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Connecticut Senator Chris Dodd has introduced a bill creating tax-advantaged Disability Savings Accounts (DSAs) to allow families with disabled members to better save...

March 11, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A former sales representative for a Cincinnati-based industrial uniform rental and sales company who has been fighting his old employer over a noncompete...

March 10, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appellate court has put on hold an order by a federal judge in Pennsylvania mandating that a Chicago-based railcar manufacturer rehire...

March 10, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in Pennsylvania has approved a $14 million settlement of a nine-year legal battle over allegations New York Life Insurance Co....

March 10, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A decision on a bill allowing West Virginia teachers to move their retirement savings from a state defined contribution system to the prior...

March 7, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The West Virginia Senate has passed a bill to regulate professional employer organizations (PEOs) that serve businesses and nonprofits in the state.

March 6, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued new guidance regarding three areas of plan administration changed by the Pension Protection Act of 2006...