Compliance

August 18, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal officials have announced that they have obtained a temporary federal court restraining order, removing a security guard union as fiduciary of its...

August 17, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Because a former Motorola employee no longer participated in the company's 401(k) plan and had taken a full distribution of his retirement balance,...

August 17, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 6th US Circuit Court of Appeals determined a group of retirees of the United States Enrichment Corporation (USEC) are time-barred from their...

August 16, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Because an employer allowed non-management non-highly compensated staff members to be in a deferred compensation plan, the program would not be considered exempt...

August 16, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals has determined that a non-citizen worker for American International Group (AIG) has no recourse for workplace...

August 16, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A judge said Monday that Wal-Mart Stores Inc., must follow California laws that require workers who work more than five hours to get...

August 15, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appellate court has turned away complaints by employees of a South Carolina textile equipment manufacturer that their company breached its fiduciary...

August 15, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The National Labor Relations Board ruled that a Texas postal service union had no obligation to give equal shares of an $800,000 settlement...

August 15, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a benefits committee acted capriciously and arbitrarily when it denied an employee severance benefits...

August 15, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While the Pension Protection Act passed covers a wide range of issues, perhaps none is of as immediate concern to defined contribution plan...

August 14, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Amounts paid to an employee under a reimbursement plan are not excludable from
gross income if the plan permits amounts to...

August 11, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a health care administrator failed to make a "good faith effort" to notify a former...

August 11, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal tax officials have issued a reminder about the rules under which trustees or custodians can be appointed for a health savings account...

August 11, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A US District Judge gave his nod to a settlement by Sprint Nextel Corp. to shell out $25 million to more than 85,000...

August 11, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal regulators have charged a California man with running a $22 million scheme designed to bilk investors out of their IRA accounts.

August 10, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Two Texas lawmakers are studying whether to require Lone Star State public pension systems to report their financial conditions more frequently as a...

August 10, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appellate court ruled employer arbitration policies may be used to settle employee complaints including potential violations of laws barring discrimination against...

August 9, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal officials have released final rules to help explain how a federal tax code section, dealing with protected benefits, is affected by rules...

August 9, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Protection Act, now passed by both the House and Senate and waiting for President Bush's signature, contains a number of potentially...

August 9, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals has confirmed a lower court ruling that an employee accused of receiving child pornography had no...