Compliance

August 8, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A bill has been introduced in Congress that would increase the size of the tax credit for retirement savings contributions.

August 8, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Appellate judges have ruled that Brandeis Machinery & Supply Company, based in South Bend, Indiana, illegally included a policy statement in its employee...

August 8, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) has published a Guide to Implementation of GASB Statements 43 and 45 on Other Postemployment Benefits (OPEB).

August 4, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has ruled that an employer's board of directors were barred from divesting the company stock of a company's K plan...

August 4, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Returning active service personnel who think they are being discriminated against because of their military status can now file a federal complaint online.

August 3, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A former Chase Manhattan Bank employee should be able to present evidence that the company's human resources department was "disorganized or dysfunctional" as...

August 3, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US Representative Sam Johnson (R-Texas) introduced a bill intended to give a tax break to those who were granted stock options that generated...

August 2, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A US District Court judge has ruled in favor of Sykes Enterprises Inc. saying the company met the requirements for prompt reemployment of...

August 1, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The House Ways and Means Committee is said to be considering a plan by tax lobbyist Richard Grafmeyer that would encourage individual savings...

August 1, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A provision in a transportation bill passed by the US House and Senate prior to their August recess would extend federal employee tax-free...

August 1, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A US Department of Labor (DoL) regulation prevents employees from voluntarily waiving their rights under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)...

July 29, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has jailed and fined the former chief financial officer of a White Plains, New York-based marketing firm on charges he...

July 29, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new Illinois state law mandates that employers in the state give workers an hour of paid leave every 56 days so the...

July 29, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Senate Banking Committee on Thursday backed the nomination of US Representative Christopher Cox as Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chairman, clearing...

July 28, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Alaska Governor Frank Murkowski signed a bill that would switch the Alaska's Public Employees Retirement System and Teachers Retirement System to 401(k) type...

July 28, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) has announced it will assume responsibility for the pension plan of Amcast Industrial Corporation of Dayton, Ohio.

July 28, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Appeals judges at the US 5th Circuit Court of Appeals have agreed to rehear as a group a case involving allegations of a...

July 28, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle vetoed provisions included in a budget measure that would have given tax breaks to health savings accounts (HSAs) linked...

July 28, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - One provision in the pension reform recently approved by the US Senate Finance Committee comes from an Oregon Democrat who proposed barring employers...

July 27, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Republican co-sponsors of the Growing Real Ownership for Workers Act of 2005 (GROW) say they will push the bill to the Senate when...