Compliance

June 28, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) has assumed responsibility for the underfunded pension plan covering about 1,500 employees and retirees of bankrupt textile...

June 28, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A district court judge in Quincy, Massachusetts, has ruled the Quincy Retirement Board did not violate the U.S. Constitution when it forfeited pension...

June 27, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued a report from the IRS Advisory Committee on Tax Exempt and Government Entities that includes recommendations...

June 25, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - On Monday the Supreme Court put off deciding on a case that asks whether Enron shareholders can pursue a lawsuit against Wall Street...

June 22, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - Efforts to battle plan sponsors and providers over retirement plan fees have been dealt a major legal setback with a ruling by a...

June 22, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Law firms have announced investigations into possible fiduciary breaches under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) involving the administration of retirement plans...

June 22, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - The Minnesota Court of Appeals has ruled that a worker who cursed at his boss over a disputed work assignment, and was fired...

June 22, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - A federal judge in Kentucky has ruled that a deceased retirement plan participant's ex-wife should get surviving spouse benefits although the participant had...

June 21, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A bill recently signed by Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski and scheduled to take effect January 1, 2008 requires employers with at least 25...

June 21, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A bill recently signed by Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski and scheduled to take effect January 1, 2008 requires employers with at least 25...

June 21, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in the state of Washington has overturned a decision by an accidental death and dismemberment plan administrator to deny benefits...

June 21, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has announced it is expanding its outreach effort to ensure that public schools throughout the United States are...

June 20, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama has found that participants of an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) did not...

June 19, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) --The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) announced Tuesday that it has assumed responsibility for the pensions of more than 500 former employees of Specialty...

June 19, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) --The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) announced Tuesday that it has assumed responsibility for the pensions of more than 500 former employees of Specialty...

June 19, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that a Washington state law mandating that public employee unions get a non-member worker's approval before using...

June 19, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a closely watched case that could settle a key area of pension law affecting 401(k) plans, the U.S. Supreme Court will decide...

June 19, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has determined that a nurse sent home for insubordination due to her rebuttal to a poor...

June 19, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) will hold a public hearing on July 31 to assess the feasibility of...

June 18, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) is seeking comment regarding its information collection procedures in cases of retirement plan loans made to participants...