Compliance

August 8, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Several retirement services industry observers on Tuesday applauded a federal appellate court ruling throwing out a decision involving IBM that declared cash balance...

August 7, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California Supreme Court reversed an appellate court decision and ruled Thursday that employers do not need a reason to fire employees who...

August 7, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has overturned a district court's decision that IBM discriminated against older workers when it converted from...

August 4, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Western District of Virginia ruled that an employer breached its fiduciary duties by not providing a Summary...

August 4, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An advisory from the Department of Labor said that unrelated brokers of a 401(k) plan's self-directed brokerage account can collect 12b-1 fees for...

August 4, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that, though a pension plan violated its duties under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act...

August 4, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The majority of respondents (72%) to Deloitte Consulting LLP's 2006 Global Rewards Pension Survey, when asked about provisions of the Pension Protection Act...

August 3, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service has issued final regulations regarding Section 410 coverage requirements for 401(k) plans under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act...

August 3, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the District of Minnesota has ruled in favor of U.S. Bancorp for denying severance benefits to an employee...

August 1, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Connecticut Supreme Court ruled that a man injured by co-workers trying to prevent him from hurting himself or others during a seizure...

August 1, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A decision by the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals says a bankruptcy court can consider a debtor's employment status even after he files...

August 1, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Appellate Division for the Third Judicial Department of the New York State Supreme Court has upheld a Workers' Compensation Law Judge (WCLJ)...

July 31, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Pension reform legislation took another interesting turn late Friday night.

July 31, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While retirement plan professionals interviewed by PLANSPONSOR.com believe the pension reform bill passed by the House on Friday is a mostly positive measure,...

July 31, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A former Wilmington, Delaware, English and religion teacher at a private Catholic school lost her bid to regain her job when a federal...

July 31, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The pension reform bill passed by the House early Saturday morning "represent[s] the most sweeping changes to America's pension laws in more than...

July 31, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The chairman of UK's Pensions Regulator admits the agency has a long way to go with only a year under its belt, but...

July 28, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Pepsi bottling company was hit with a $83,000 federal court judgment for denying an Army reservist a pay hike because of his...

July 28, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Senate aide told reporters that House and Senate negotiators had agreed on pension bill details, but had not been able to agree...

July 28, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) have issued final regulations concerning Health Savings Account (HSA) comparability rules.