EEOC Raises Awareness of ADA Protections for Associates of Disabled
October 20, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Those who associate with disabled American workers are likewise protected by federal anti-workplace discrimination law.
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Company Must Pay Workers' Comp to Illegal Immigrant
October 20, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - California's 2nd District Court of Appeals has ruled that the federal Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA) does not pre-empt California...
SEC Invites Soft Dollar Regulatory Input
October 20, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is seeking comments from the investing public over its latest proposal to further regulate money managers'...
Company Allowed to Drop Retiree Health Coverage
October 19, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An Oregon federal judge has ruled that a group of retirees did not prove their health benefits were vested, and therefore protected by...
Proposals Would Eliminate Tax Advantage of Some Benefits
October 19, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In addition to eliminating or limiting some popular tax deductions, two tax plan proposals President Bush's tax advisory committee will present to him...
Fiduciary Breach Suit Dismissed as too late
October 18, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A participant in a Nebraska K plan was too late to pursue an Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) fiduciary breach claim because...
CA Steps In Line on HSA Taxes
October 17, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - California law regarding taxation of health savings accounts (HSA) now conforms to the federal tax code.
DoL Tracking Storm Affected Plan Sponsors
October 17, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) on Monday launched a Web site allowing plan sponsors who had to relocate...
Senate Pension Proposal Still on "Hold"
October 17, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Senate Majority leader Bill Frist (R-Tennessee) said he will keep working to reactivate stalled pension reform legislation.
IRS Releases 2006 Plan Limits
October 14, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Internal Revenue Service (IRS) officials today gave plan sponsors what they eagerly await each fall: the new contribution and benefit dollar limits for...
UK Pension Insurer to Consider Special Pension Contributions
October 14, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Officials at the UK Pension Protection Fund (PPF) take into account special cash contributions made by employers to make up funding deficits in...
Severance Denied for Refusal to Sign Agreement
October 14, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Northern District of Texas has ruled in favor of an employer who denied a terminated employee severance...
No Equitable Relief for Mistaken Distribution Return
October 14, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An Ohio federal judge has ruled that a pension plan administrator cannot continue to push forward with a lawsuit against a participant to...
Senate Pension Reform Bill Slated for Vote
October 14, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Unnamed US Senate aides said Friday that a pension reform bill that would sharply increase pension insurance premiums and collect larger sums from...
No Equitable Relief for Mistaken Distribution Return
October 14, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An Ohio federal judge has ruled that a pension plan administrator cannot continue to push forward with a lawsuit against a participant to...
Court Agrees With UPS' Safety Issue in Discrimination Case
October 12, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that United Parcel Service was not guilty of discrimination by not hiring applicants with vision...
MA Court: Efforts to Curb Harassment Must Be 'Reasonable'
October 12, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers won't be on the hook for the sexually harassing acts of nonemployees if the companies can't control the nonemployee's actions and if...
Judge Throws Out $700M Executive Life Punitive Damage Award
October 11, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A California judge has tossed out a $700-million punitive damage award to California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi in the Executive Life Insurance Co....
Santorum Releases Multi-Employer Pension, Auto Enrollment Proposals
October 7, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An influential Republican US senator has introduced two pension proposals including one dealing with multi-employer plans and a second to encourage auto enrollment...
Bill Aims to Keep Boomers Working
October 7, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US Senator Herbert Kohl (D-Wisconsin) has introduced a bill to help older workers and baby boomers who chose to pass on retirement keep...