Compliance

September 30, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal court appeals panel wants a reexamination of a law that has been used by health maintenance organizations to block patients' suits...

September 30, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Because of the relatively low level of taxpayer usage of Archer Medical Savings Accounts (MSA), the government is not cutting off the program...

June 9, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has provided plan sponsors with guidance on the tax withholdings of pension distributions to nonresident aliens.

August 30, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has published the first set of industry-specific ergonomic guidelines - and officials there want to know...

August 30, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Proposed regulations for 457 DC plans could strip out tax benefits from stock options or mutual fund shares from a tax-exempt group's workers.

June 8, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) has provided plan sponsors with guidance on how to report the move from the use of a...

July 30, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A New York Congressman has introduced a bill that would create a new kind of employee stock option plan.

July 30, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors and workers now have a new communication tool to draw on in times of change.

July 30, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Along with those corporate accounting reforms, President Bush has today signed into law some new provisions regarding plan blackout periods.

June 7, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An employee with extensive medical bills for his dependants was not fired for the medical history; rather he was terminated for poor performance.

June 7, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. Supreme Court justices have agreed to take on a case involving whether people seeking protection from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court can shield...

June 7, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - When an employee spouse transfers his or her interests in nonstatutory stock options and nonqualified deferred compensation to his or her former spouse...

June 7, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors have long been hampered by provision of the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) prohibiting them from asking for recertification of the...

June 7, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com)—ERISA does not allow employers to decrease pensions for early retirees who then go to work somewhere else, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled today.

May 30, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors can literally buy a little more time in filing a determination letter application for the required GUST amendments, according to the...

June 4, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Cursing at co-workers, posting erotic pictures on a work computer and other abusive and bizarre behaviors are adequate reasons for firing an employee...

April 30, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has proposed rule changes geared towards getting corporate executives to keep investors in the loop and guarding...

March 18, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A closely watched lawsuit expected to test the legal liability limits for firms gobbling up parts of Arthur Andersen LLP's business last year...

June 3, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A human resource (HR) representative performing an administrative function requiring no discretion is not considered a benefits plan fiduciary under the guidelines set...

June 3, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Labor unions may offer and administer an eligible 457 retirement savings plan maintained by state and local government employers for their unionized workforce,...