Compliance

September 19, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 401(k) fee disclosure legislation pending in Congress is too burdensome on plan sponsors and plan providers and will have a detrimental effect...

September 19, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced on Wednesday it will temporarily stop taking applications from pre-approved defined contribution plans for determination letters on...

September 18, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With one eye cast toward a landmark federal appellate decision declaring that cash balance plans were not age discriminatory, a district court judge...

September 17, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While the enforcement division of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has instituted management improvements in recent years, it has a ways...

September 17, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama assessed a civil penalty of $179,960 against a doctor whom it determined never...

September 17, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi recently affirmed a denial of benefits by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of...

September 17, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) has taken over the 47% funded pension plan of the West Virginia -based Union Stamping & Assembly...

September 17, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a sweeping ruling that sets out a new framework for how judges should decide such cases, a federal appellate court has thrown...

September 17, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While the enforcement division of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has instituted management improvements in recent years, it has a ways...

September 14, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - New York state authorities have expanded the Empire State's policy of giving benefits to same-sex partners of government workers married in Canada to...

September 14, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - The Investment Company Institute (ICI), a mutual fund trade group, has asked the U.S. Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to...

September 13, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor proposed rules on Thursday that give multi-employer plan participants, their union representatives and contributing employers the right to...

September 13, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's private sector pension insurer has worked out a five-year plan for accomplishing its goals - and is now looking for feedback...

September 13, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New York Governor Eliot Spitzer has signed into law legislation that protects working mothers' ability to continue providing breast milk to their infants...

September 13, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - On Sunday a new law took effect that requires insured employers with any employees in New York to have workers compensation insurance policies...

September 12, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has vowed to veto a bill forcing employers to offer a cafeteria-style health benefits package or chip in 7.5%...

September 12, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employees enrolled in Countrywide Financial Corp.'s 401(k) plan claim that illegal actions by those overseeing the plan led to millions of dollars in...

September 11, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California issued a temporary restraining order against the Department of Homeland Security's plan to...

September 11, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) on Tuesday issued two rules under the Pension Protection Act (PPA) relating to annuity provider selection to...

September 10, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A California appeals court has given the go ahead for a trial against six former San Diego pension officials that alleges they granted...