Compliance

May 26, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A US District Court judge in Philadelphia ruled that Hercules Inc. may have to pay up to $20 million in added retirement benefits...

May 26, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Democratic congressman asked Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao to release the annual report detailing the financial health of the Pension Benefit Guaranty...

May 26, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Massachusetts state agency that oversees public pension funds axed a union benefit that allowed public school teachers to hike their annual pensions...

May 25, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's private sector pension insurer has rejected key terms of Delta Air Lines' settlement with its pilot's union on contract concessions needed...

May 25, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Vermont Governor Jim Douglas signed two related health reform bills on Thursday including one that creates a private insurance plan.

May 25, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The UK government recommended on Thursday a pension reform proposal that represents the biggest changes to the pension system since 1946.

May 24, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has proposed regulations regarding the credit for expenses for household and dependent care services necessary for gainful employment.

May 24, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New federal legislation may open up employers hiring undocumented workers to fines as high as $20,000 and require a screening process for all...

May 24, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Department of Labor (DoL) has announced a consent judgment against Sacramento-based Pharmaceutical Care Network (PCN), resolving claims that it allegedly retained the...

May 23, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Supreme Court has decided not to review a ruling from the 3rd US Circuit Court of Appeals regarding the validity of...

May 23, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has released two publications designed to help 403(b) participants and their plan sponsors better navigate through the laws...

May 23, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Utah state court has determined that an ordinance approved by Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson giving same-sex domestic partners of city...

May 23, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US Senators Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) and Max Baucus (D-Montana) have introduced legislation that would require Senate confirmation of the executive director of the...

May 23, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The agency that insures private-sector pension plans has taken over a retirement program covering 532 workers and retirees of Pittsburgh Brewing Co.

May 22, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) plans to offer early retirements or buyouts as part of its reorganization plan.

May 19, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Virginia appellate court rejected a man's claim that the civil service pensions due to his former wife should be reduced by the...

May 19, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the District of Puerto Rico ruled that an employer did not violate COBRA notice requirements when it failed...

May 19, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan ruled that an employee's complaint to management about plan violations was an "inquiry...

May 19, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The president of West End Lumber Company of Bridgeport, Connecticut has been ordered by the Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA)...

May 19, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - After pleading guilty to 13 accounts of embezzlement from a retirement pension fund, a Greenville, South Carolina woman was sentenced Thursday to one...