Compliance

June 15, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) has issued a notice seeking approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) of its rules...

June 15, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A bill introduced in the U.S. Senate would make permanent the exemption for reservists or National Guard members from the 10% early withdrawal...

June 14, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in Texas has thrown out a lawsuit by a former Southwest Airlines employee who claimed the air carrier violated federal...

June 14, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in Texas has thrown out a lawsuit by a former Southwest Airlines employee who claimed the air carrier violated federal...

June 14, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled a long-term disability (LTD) plan administrator abused its discretion when it failed to consider evidence...

June 14, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.K. government has lowered its proposed cap on the amount of money it will allow individuals to put into a new pensions...

June 14, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts has determined that miscalculations of pension benefits by a human resources employee and a...

June 13, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued Revenue Procedure 2007-44, which modifies plan amendment and determination letter application cycles for plans to accommodate...

June 13, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A California state appeals court ruled that San Diego County doesn't have to pay higher pension benefits to rehired employees, who left before...

June 12, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a bankrupt paper company had no fiduciary duty to consider an offer by a labor union to...

June 11, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld a Department of Labor regulation exempting third party companion care employers from having to comply with overtime...

June 11, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A bill passed by the California Legislature would force employers not providing health coverage to their employees to contribute to a state-run health...

June 8, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Even though a Colorado man's blood alcohol level was almost three times the legal limit for being drunk when he was killed in...

June 9, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said it could not be sure whether an employer knowingly sent a terminated employee's Consolidated Omnibus...

June 7, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal court jury in Phoenix has hit Alamo Rent-A-Car with a $287,000 award after finding the car rental firm illegally fired a...

June 7, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Two U.S. Senators have introduced a proposal that would end the tax treatment disparity between employer-sponsored health coverage for domestic partners of employees...

June 7, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's high court has accepted an age discrimination case involving FedEx Corp. to decide exactly what workers have to do before they...

June 7, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a ruling described as the first of its kind by a federal appellate court, federal appellate judges have ruled that employees did...

June 6, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal court lawsuit against the Principal Financial Group over fiduciary breach allegations connected with Principal's 401(k) plan revenue sharing arrangements has been...

June 5, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a move sure to be seen as an employer victory, a federal appellate court on Tuesday stripped away a prohibition on the...