Compliance

July 26, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) ? House Republican leaders said they might put off a vote on a patients? bill of rights ? possibly until September ? as they...

July 26, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plaintiffs charging age discrimination don't need "right to sue letters", a federal judge has ruled. They can go directly to court 60 days...

June 26, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Supreme Court has agreed to weigh in on an employer's obligations in balancing leave policies with the 12-week leave guaranteed by...

June 26, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) ? The Kennedy-McCain version of the proposed Patient?s Bill of Rights continued to gain momentum Tuesday, as Democrats beat back Republican amendments, including a limit...

June 14, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - BankBoston didn't violate the federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) by converting its defined contribution plan into a cash balance plan, a...

May 14, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Several key legislators are pushing for assurances that workers aren't being shortchanged by cash balance plans.

July 21, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Sixteen asset management professionals have departed embattled Indiana-based Conseco for Philadelphia, as Delaware Investments ramps up its fixed-income asset management unit.

April 26, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The latest plan for giving patients the right to sue their health plans could increase the typical yearly insurance premium by 4.2%, or...

April 25, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As the House Committee on Education and the Workforce turns its attention to pension reform, a few minor changes were made to the...

April 26, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The House Education & the Workforce Committee unanimously approved the Portman-Cardin pension reform bill (H.R. 10).

March 26, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Having ruled in support of employer arbitration agreements, the Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether such agreements also bar government agencies getting...

March 14, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Lawmakers considering changes to federal mental-health insurance laws heard testimony that mental health parity mandates could prompt executives to drop the coverage entirely.

March 3, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission has been digging through some annual reports - and apparently isn't thrilled with the pension accounting presentations there.

March 14, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US Department of Labor (DoL) Secretary Elaine Chao has officially tapped State Street Bank and Trust to take over Enron's three retirement plans.

March 14, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US House Ways and Means overwhelmingly approved The Employee Benefits Bill of Rights, which protects retirement plan participants from some of the...

March 14, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Concerned about burdening plan sponsors with having to report on their pension plan activities to two federal agencies, House Republican leaders delayed a...

March 26, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Supreme Court has agreed to weigh in on a case that has affirmative action implications for employers competing for federal contracts.

February 14, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As part of an agreement with Washington State, where Wal-Mart Stores plans to build a regional warehouse, the retailer will speed up workers...

February 14, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - House Democratic Leader Richard Gephardt of Missouri has proposed creating a national pension system that helps young people start saving with "seed money"...

February 14, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Rep. John Boehner, (R-Ohio), and Rep. Sam Johnson, (R-Texas) have introduced the Pension Security Act, which features a proposed list of 401(k) operating...