Compliance

November 27, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 8th US Circuit Court of Appeals has unanimously upheld a lower court decision that a pre-employment "strength test" discriminated against female applicants...

November 27, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Lawyers for Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. and the Bush Administration on Monday told US Supreme Court justices that they should enforce a...

November 22, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued Notice 2006-105 providing procedures for electing an alternative deficit reduction contribution for airline employers given an...

November 22, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania has ruled that an individual's pension in the form of an annuity under...

November 21, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals has overturned a lower court's decision that the widow of a drunk driver was due accidental...

November 21, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Florida Sheriff's Department has sued Nationwide Life Insurance Co., over allegations Nationwide's retirement plan fees unfairly allowed the company to make a...

November 21, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Western District of Louisiana has denied a former employee's motion for summary judgment on her claim that...

November 17, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the District of Minnesota has awarded damages and attorney's fees to a former Midwest Telephone Sales & Service,...

November 17, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Missouri woman who was fired from a public library for refusing to work on Sundays was reinstated to the staff assistant position...

November 16, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) is publishing a final rule on premium penalty policy.

November 14, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Washington Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) group and the largest banking trade association in the nation asked the Department of Labor...

November 15, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation's (PBGC) insurance program for single-employer pension plans posted a deficit of $18.1 billion for fiscal year 2006, according...

November 15, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The primary focus of new government guidance about avoiding avian flu from infected birds is on good hygiene, including use of gloves and...

November 14, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The date of a notification about a divorce between a health plan beneficiary and her husband triggered the plan's obligation to inform the...

November 14, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A store manager meeting all of the other requirements for the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) executive exemption does not need to be...

November 14, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal securities regulators on Tuesday sanctioned the city of San Diego for committing securities fraud by lying about the true financial status of...

November 10, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Ontario government announced this week that it has set up an expert study commission to receive public input about ways to make...

November 10, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Cost-of-living adjustments will mean higher contribution limits for health savings accounts, and a boost in the saver's credit next year, according to the...

November 9, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service has issued guidance emphasizing the need for employers to track the amount of expense reimbursement allowances paid to employees...

November 8, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan has ruled that a plan administrator must pay a former employee $10,500 for...