Compliance

January 15, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Tomorrow the US Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case that will clarify whether the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) pre-empts...

January 15, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) can still get workers back pay or other benefits from their employer - even if the...

January 15, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An accounting company worker was right to go after ERISA-required interest on delayed disability payments, a federal appeals court has ruled.

December 26, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers can be held liable for dangerous conditions on their premises if they don't eliminate the hazard in a reasonable amount of time,...

December 26, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal jury awarded a former United Airlines ramp supervisor $55,000 in a civil rights lawsuit. The plaintiff, Mina Lundien, claimed she was...

December 26, 2001 - Neither Washington State law nor the Americans Disability Act (ADA) require employers to replace supervisors who inflict emotional stress, according to the Washington Supreme...

November 26, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appeals court has changed its mind -- rejecting its own precedent and reinstating a Tampa lawsuit by a former Kmart manager...

November 13, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Executives of multiemployer retirement plans can get a quick tutorial on how to handle the perennially thorny problem of deciding which expenses can...

November 14, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A worker who sues his employer for an ERISA violation has to pay the company's lawyer fees in defending itself if the lawsuit...

October 14, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A public pension fund has sued Siebel Systems, claiming the firm violated its own rules for granting stock options, enriching directors and executives...

October 14, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has launched a new web page to highlight the agency's role in coordinating government-wide nondiscrimination efforts.

October 26, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A former member of the board of trustees at the Unilever Superannuation Fund (USF), a key witness for the consumer goods giant in...

October 26, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. (PBGC) says its Pension Search Program has located over 10,000 persons over the past five years - persons...

October 26, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted unanimously to allow Archipelago Holdings, a new electronic stock exchange, to function as a facility of...

October 26, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruled an arbitration agreement that employees of Ryan's Family Steakhouse were made to sign...

September 26, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) have launched a website that will provide online information...

September 26, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A US bankruptcy judge approved a settlement ordering former Governor Fife Symington to pay at least $2 million to six union pension funds...

September 26, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) warned employers to guard against a potential rise in workplace harassment following the terrorist attacks in...

August 14, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - When the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) takes a case to trial, odds are the agency will win.

August 14, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A company's 401(k) plan will be revamped to allow participants to invest in options other than company stock with employer matching funds.