Compliance

November 30, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - When Congress ended its lame duck session earlier this month, lawmakers had not closed the deal on bills that would revamp rules for...

November 30, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has reversed a 2000 decision by ruling that temporary workers can no longer bargain for benefits as...

November 30, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A bill mandating that employers provide returning service personnel with a notice telling them about their rights under the Uniform Services Employment and...

November 30, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appeals court has ruled that an insured's death from a heart attack at the time of a car accident was not...

November 30, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appeals court has ruled that a Texan statute of limitation effectively bars a plaintiff's claims that an employer violated both the...

November 29, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Pension reform may be on the legislative slate again, with US Representative Rob Andrews (D-New Jersey) expected to reintroduce a bill in January...

November 29, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Florida appeals court has refused to reinstate class-action status for a lawsuit brought against Wal-Mart that alleges that the retail giant forced...

November 29, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Canadian provincial appeals court has ruled that the federal government was wrong in limiting same-sex couples' retroactive pension benefits.

November 29, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appeals court has ruled that a lower court erred in essentially ruling that an aggressor's death is not accidental if he...

November 24, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Overturning a lower court's decision, the Hawaiian Supreme Court has ruled that a law that gives the state's insurance commissioner authority to conduct...

November 24, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Rhode Island Supreme Court has affirmed a lower court ruling by ordering a husband to pay his ex-wife retirement benefits even though...

November 23, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Department of Labor (DoL) is suing the trustees, plan administrators and other fiduciaries of the New Jersey Licensed Beverage Association health plan...

November 22, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - United Auto Workers legislative director Alan Reuther on Friday said that taxpayers should rescue the agency that backs US corporate pensions by covering...

November 22, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Department of Labor (DoL) filed a lawsuit against a Pipefitters union local, alleging officials diverted more than $36 million to the Konocti...

November 19, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) does not constitute a 'right to rest' for service personnel returning to work, an...

November 19, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal officials on Friday released the 2005 maximum contribution levels for health savings accounts (HSAs) and out-of-pocket spending limits for High Deductible Health...

November 19, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) Advisory Council has recommended new rules forcing employers and providers to disclose fees that mutual-fund companies...

November 19, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appeals court has ruled that employees of a riverboat casino qualified for a Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) exemption on overtime...

November 18, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has settled a discrimination suit brought by white male applicants to immigration judge posts who feel that...

November 18, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The alteration of the definition of a 'dependent' in the Working Families Tax Relief Act of 2004 does not apply to employer-based medical...