Compliance

April 13, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Arkansas high court has revived a lawsuit by retail giant Wal-Mart against its former vice chairman, saying the company is entitled to...

April 12, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has kept alive a fiduciary breach lawsuit by employees of Fifth Third Bancorp alleging the company improperly allowed continued retirement...

April 12, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fearing that the pension plan covering about 1,300 Anchor Hocking CG Operating Company workers and retirees may be abandoned, the nation's private-sector pension...

April 12, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As many in the benefits community continue slogging through the 398-page release of the final 409A regulations, one analysis suggested it did not...

April 12, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Just because the nation's private-sector pension insurer has a ceiling governing the maximum benefit it can pay to participants in plans it takes...

April 11, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge is scheduled to formally consider a settlement Friday in a major race discrimination case affecting some 20,000 FedEx workers that...

April 11, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A state Senate committee in Florida approved a measure that would give state mental hospital workers who spend most of their day working...

April 10, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) have issued final regulations for the application of Section 409A on Nonqualified Deferred Compensation...

April 10, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appellate court has ruled that a worker can prove unlawful discrimination even if they were replaced by someone also protected under...

April 10, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appellate court has reinstated a lawsuit filed by a female deputy sheriff who alleged she was illegally kept from moving to...

April 10, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 4th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that a probationary police officer fired for allegedly destroying city property is not entitled to...

April 9, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Congressional lawmaker from the state of Washington has introduced legislation that would give employer-provided health care for domestic partners the same tax...

April 9, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson vetoed a measure raising the pension benefits of the state's legislators.

April 6, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge threw out an antitrust lawsuit against dozens of insurance brokers and insurers at some of the largest U.S. firms by...

April 6, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - Mane Governor John Baldacci has announced plans to expand health coverage to the uninsured via initiatives aimed at employers as well as others...

April 6, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - Kentucky Governor Ernie Fletcher continues to hold out hope of a special legislative session - but one that may not include the state...

April 5, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia ruled that Verizon Communications Inc.'s decision to deny enhanced severance benefits to...

April 5, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued final regulations under Section 415 of the Internal Revenue Code that address new rules under the...

April 5, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal Bureau of Prisons employee who has been waging his own legal battle over whether the U.S. government owes him holiday pay...

April 5, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Small health plans that qualified for the one-year extension when the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act's (HIPAA) privacy rules took effect are...