Compliance

March 6, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Internal Revenue Service (IRS) officials have advised pension plan sponsors that they should continue using the guidance in Revenue Ruling 96-7 for mortality...

March 6, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -The U.S. House of Representatives has approved mental health care benefits parity legislation.

March 6, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The District of Columbia City Council has put its stamp of approval on a bill that would require employers to furnish paid sick...

March 5, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that Fidelity Investments agreed to pay an $8 million penalty in connection with charges 13 current...

March 5, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has proposed two new rules under the Investment Company Act to allow exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to operate...

March 4, 2008 ((b)lines) - The new 403(b) regulations concerning plan transfers and contract exchanges both expand permissible transactions for participants and place controls on conditions of the...

March 4, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - The New Jersey state Senate on Monday approved and sent on to the General Assembly a measure giving workers in the Garden State...

March 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on Friday issued two question-and-answer (Q&A) guides providing technical assistance for employers and veterans on workplace...

March 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As the political season pumps up the rhetoric around what's going to be done for "the middle class" and (generally) to "the wealthiest...

March 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey on February 22 announced higher civil fines against employers who violate federal immigration laws.

March 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has ruled that federal benefits law pre-empts state law in a class action lawsuit challenging Aetna's handling of eating disorder...

March 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida has determined a long-term disability plan administrator was not wrong in requiring objective...

February 29, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Next month Boston-area plan sponsors can tap into a free health law compliance seminar.

February 28, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. Representative Sam Johnson (R -Texas), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Social Security, Committee on Ways and Means, last week introduced the...

February 28, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Most Americans claim to be honest when it comes to paying their taxes - and fear of being caught isn't the primary reason.

February 28, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new lawsuit has accused a group of insurance companies, consultants, and lawyers of conspiring to sell illegal tax shelters to employers for...

February 28, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Supreme Court has cleared the way for a FedEx Corp. driver to proceed with her age discrimination suit despite the Equal...

February 28, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal benefit regulators have proposed a new safe harbor for sponsors of smaller benefit plans that deposit employee contributions within seven business days.

February 27, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Ruling purely on a procedural issue, the U.S. Supreme Court has thrown out a ruling by a federal appellate court that would have...

February 27, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Treasury Department helped launch a new curriculum to improve the personal financial literacy of middle school students today with support from...