Compliance

June 2, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An ERISA-governed individual retirement account (IRA) is not off limits to the federal government for the purposes of collecting a criminal fine, a...

February 6, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US Representative Charles Norwood (R-Georgia) has proposed two bills aimed at providing clarification and protections for patients in managed-care plans.

February 6, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A number of retirement services industry groups are raising concerns about the potential impact of the recent White House proposal to revamp company...

February 18, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Another bankrupt employer finds itself under attack by participants in its 401(k) plan for its company stock practices.

February 18, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge put on his actuary hat in ruling on a recent pension dispute that an employer had to include the present...

January 18, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Rochester man who practices the Rastafarian religion has won a $33,500 settlement from Greyhound Lines after complaining he couldn't get a bus...

January 18, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Two investment managers charged with losing about $11 million from a Louisiana teachers retirement savings fund by funneling it into speculative investments have...

January 18, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As the plight of Enron workers continues to dominate headlines, new legislative proposals continue to crop up.

January 6, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A wife's 401(k) contributions represent income for the purposes of determining the amount of alimony to which she is entitled, a Missouri state...

January 6, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has certified as a class action a lawsuit against CIGNA Corp. over the conversion of its pension plan to a...

May 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - If at first you don't succeed; try, try, try - and in this case - try again, as legislation has one again been...

May 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An employee can't challenge a benefits decision by his employer's health and welfare plan because of the plan's three-year limit on when lawsuits...

May 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The president of the 1.5-million member Service Employees International Union (SEIU) has put his union's US presidential endorsement on the table for the...

May 29, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An insurer's decision to deny disability benefits is not entitled to court deference if it grounded its denial on a "selective" reading of...

May 28, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An oral promise of severance benefits is not allowed for an Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) governed plan, and therefore state law...

May 28, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The United States Supreme Court unanimously held that employer-sponsored health care plans need not defer to an employee's doctor when deciding whether to...

May 28, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite providing sufficient evidence to back a Title VII claim that being homosexual led to workplace harassment, a judge ruled that the alleged...

May 28, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A U.S. House of Representatives panel has scheduled a hearing for June 3rd to discuss the accounting treatment of stock options.

May 27, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An employee that "enabled or materially augmented the ability of the employee to create a hostile work environment" can be classified as a...

May 27, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - State worker rights to 12 weeks of family leave have been upheld by a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision.