Compliance

December 22, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Texas legislator has pre-filed a bill for the upcoming session of the state legislature restricting employers' rights to ban firearms from workplace...

December 22, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission late Friday announced new rules governing how executive stock options are to be calculated in proxy reports that...

December 21, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As the Pension Protection Act (PPA) of 2006 requires changes to individual benefit statements as well as new notices to participants regarding diversification...

December 21, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Facing a backlog of about 1,200 requests for Internal Revenue Service (IRS) determination letters on cash balance conversions, the agency announced Thursday that...

December 20, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has devoted a Web page to information relating to the Pension Protection Act of 2006 (PPA), including links...

December 20, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Middle District of Florida has granted summary judgment in favor of the administrator of an accidental death...

December 20, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - President George W. Bush signed on Wednesday the Health Opportunity Patient Empowerment Act of 2006, allowing for, among other things, rollovers from flexible...

December 20, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Department of Labor's (DoL) September proposal governing qualified default investment alternatives (QDIAs) evoked applause from the retirement industry, but that approval was...

December 20, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appellate court has turned aside constitutional objections by three fired employees who claimed their violation of a new dress code imposed...

December 19, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Treasury Department have issued final regulations that provide guidance concerning prohibited allocations and disqualified person requirements under...

December 19, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Oregon Court of Appeals has ruled that a dairy farm employee, who was injured after he deliberately put his foot under the...

December 19, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A London employment appeals tribunal on Tuesday upheld an earlier ruling that a former senior HSBC banker was not fired because he was...

December 19, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 7th US Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a conviction for conversion of plan assets under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act...

December 19, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Southern District of New York has rejected nearly all of Marsh & McLennan Co.'s (MMC) efforts to...

December 18, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Barton ruled last week that San Diego City Attorney Michael Aguirre can't challenge pension benefits awarded to employees before...

December 15, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Garden State is set to become the third state in the nation to offer civil unions, with New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine...

December 15, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A California state appellate court has ruled that an employer can't be sued for the actions of an employee who uses its computer...

December 15, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission has voted to adopt amendments to its proxy rules that would allow companies to furnish proxy materials to...

December 15, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New disclosure rules adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) last summer have now taken effect.

December 14, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Western District of Missouri has ruled that when both divorced parents have health insurance plans, the plan...