Compliance

January 26, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appellate court has overturned a lower court decision and ruled that Dow Chemical Co. cannot take tax deductions for interest it...

January 26, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal officials have proposed new rules to clarify how distributions from Roth 401(k) and 403(b) plans are to be taxed.

January 26, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An insurance broker accused of issuing fake policies to 29 workplace plans and stealing clients' health insurance payments exercised control over the disposition...

January 26, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A California state appellate court has ruled that a Golden State employer may discharge, or force the retirement of, an employee who was...

January 25, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Kentucky is the latest state to introduce legislation that would require large employers in the state to spend a minimum amount on employee...

January 25, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A woman convicted of embezzling more than $17,000 from her employees' pension and benefit plans has been sentenced to a 27-month prison term.

January 20, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Department of Labor (DoL), in an advisory opinion letter, says that a financial advisor chosen by the participant to advise on how...

January 19, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The battle between officials and lawmakers in several states and large employers over giving their workers health care coverage has continued in Wisconsin...

January 19, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The United Kingdom's Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is inviting the public to give opinions on proposed pension reforms.

January 19, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the District of Minnesota has granted summary judgment in favor of the Bert Bell/Pete Rozelle NFL Player Retirement...

January 18, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has agreed with a lower court that a 911 dispatcher for the City of Aurora, Illinois...

January 18, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Following the lead of fellow lawmakers in Maryland, the West Virginia state legislature is now considering a proposal to force employers with 10,000...

January 17, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Department of Justice has filed a class-action lawsuit against American Airlines for violations of the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act...

January 13, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service has issued FAQs regarding Roth 401(k) contributions to provide further understanding of the feature, new in 2006.

January 12, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A retired state trooper now jailed on sexual assault charges lost one legal battle Wednesday in his effort to bump up his pension...

January 12, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appellate court has agreed that a sales executive alleging he was sexually harassed at a Seattle CBS Broadcasting TV station should...

January 12, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Maryland's Senate has voted to enact a first-in-the-nation requirement that certain employers spend more on employee health care, despite Governor Robert Ehrlich's veto...

January 12, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that a marital dissolution order requiring a participant to name his children as beneficiaries...

January 12, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US 1st Circuit Court of Appeals has granted summary judgment in favor of an employer who fired an employee discovered working out,...

January 12, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US Supreme Court justices are considering a Louisiana case about whether employers are effectively shielded from federal sexual harassment lawsuits because they are...