Compliance

November 17, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal judges should not automatically agree to hear new evidence in disability benefits denial cases just because the plan administrator reviewed the matter...

November 17, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A US Tax Court Judge has ruled that a loan taken from a 401(k) plan participant's account and was then never fully repaid...

November 16, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Department of Labor (DoL) Secretary Elaine Chou has halted her efforts to get a protection order against a law firm that allegedly sent...

November 16, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal district court in New York City has approved a final settlement of $79 million for the benefit of workers and retirees...

November 12, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The IRS Director of Employee Plans has alerted employee plan staff that certain retirement plans schemes may violate the discrimination code of qualified...

November 15, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has released guidelines on the actuarial assumptions that are required for distributions with annuity starting dates occurring during...

November 15, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - For the first time in 40 years, federal officials have clarified the laws and rules governing 403(b) plans with the release of proposed...

November 15, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), the agency that rescues failed private-sector pension funds, posted a $23.3-billion deficit for fiscal year 2004, more...

November 12, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - CIGNA Corp. was wrong when it prevented a 15-year employee from staying in its traditional pension plan and forced him into a less...

November 11, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Current and former Iowa state troopers chalked up another victory in their battle for back pay as the state's high court ruled that...

November 10, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal government officials have proposed allowing employers to launch "phased retirement" arrangements where workers would gradually reduce their workload as they transition to...

November 10, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have released a document at the request of the...

November 9, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Joseph Buscone, a Massachusetts property manager who is being sued for shortchanging his company's pension plan, is now refuting the charges.

November 9, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appeals court has turned away an appeal by a woman who claims her former employer's long-term disability policy carrier was wrong...

November 9, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A New Jersey appeals court has ruled that a man whose ex-wife had substantial holdings in a Honeywell stock option plan has lost...

November 8, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has slapped a former cancer treatment facility worker with a 16-month jail term for violating federal privacy laws by stealing...

November 5, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A California court has ruled that a 2001 law that permits co-workers to sue each other for sexual and other types of harassment...

November 5, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit against an Illinois company after ruling that the firm complied with federal continuing health insurance...

November 5, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers must now provide employees and company agents at all levels with compliance and ethics training under amended federal law.

November 4, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employees of chemical and material company W.R. Grace & Co. have filed a class-action lawsuit against their employer, alleging that the company and...