High Courts Upholds State Worker FMLA Rights
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.
Compliance
Texas Court: Employer Can Conduct Own Drug Test
May 27, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An at-will employee is not entitled to a common-law duty of reasonable care when an employer conducts a mandatory drug test that ultimately...
ILA Trustees Ordered to Step Down
May 27, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) has obtained a consent order barring trustees of the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) of Portage, Indiana from...
Judge Dismisses Harassment Claims As Non-Discrimination
May 23, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Discrimination claims made by a white, Jewish, blonde woman from Moldavia are little more than her own judgments about the bigoted intent of...
Court: 'Presumed Dead' Beneficiary's Estate Is Not Entitled to Benefits
May 22, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Presumption of death does not warrant benefit payments to the estate of a retirement plan participant's widow, since the estate could not provide...
Court: Trustees Own ESOP Shares, Entitled to Tax Deduction
May 22, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The trustee of the employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) is the owner of the stock and therefore, payments made by a company for...
Jury: UPS Dismissals Are Not Discriminatory
May 21, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal jury has ruled the dismissal of seven Hispanic and black United Parcel Service (UPS) workers was not racially motivated.
Krispy Kreme Operator Hit With Sex Harassment Suit
May 21, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Four former employees of the state of Washington's Krispy Kreme doughnut shop operator have sued, claiming they were discriminated against because they were...
DC Fiduciaries Must Follow Plan Document Expense Allocation Rules
May 21, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -Defined contribution plan fiduciaries will be expected to strictly follow the dictates of the plan document about dividing up expenses among participants, the US...
EEOC, ConAgra Subsidiary Reach $900K Disability Settlement
May 21, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Gilroy Food and the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) have reached a settlement of alleged disability discrimination.
Genetic Discrimination Protection Bill Passes Senate Committee
May 21, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A US Senate committee has passed out a bill, which would protect individuals from discrimination in hiring, employment, and health insurance on the...
Court: Mistaken Loan Default Payment Is Taxable
May 20, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -Withdrawals made from plan annuity contracts to repay a default on a loan, regardless if the contracts were assigned by mutual mistake between the...
State Law Pension Claims Not Pre-empted by ERISA
May 20, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A pension fund's state law claims for negligence against an actuary whose error in judgment resulted in the underfunding of the pension plan...
Tire Workers Roll In Retiree Benefits Battle
May 20, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A group of tire company workers has emerged victorious in its long legal battle over whether their employer lied about their future medical...
IRS Distinguishes 'Deemed IRA' From Qualified Plan
May 20, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has proposed regulations to draw a general distinction between the "deemed IRA" and the rest of the qualified plan.
Employer Not Liable For Employee's Murderous Rage
May 20, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A home restoration company is not liable for the murder of a woman by a former employee.
Reps Introduce Bill to Eliminate COLI Policies as Tax Shelter
May 19, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US Representative Gene Green (D-Texas) and 14 co-sponsors have introduced a bill in the US House of Representatives aimed at reducing the use...
Maine Drug Law Wins Narrow US Supreme Court Victory
May 19, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Proponents of a Maine state law designed to force drug companies to lower prescription drug prices for needy recipients won a narrow legal...
Court: Dismissal For Policy Violation Is Not FMLA Related
May 19, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The termination of an employee who managed the family restaurant while on leave from his other employer is not a violation of the...
Court: Prisoner Pension Can Be Locked Into Prison's Accounts
May 16, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An inmate's pension payments deposited directly into a prison's general account for disbursement does not violate ERISA.