Benefits

IRS Extends Deadline to Alter Defined Benefit Plans

The one-year extension will likely give employers more time to prepare plan documents.<...

Benefits

Pension Plans Trustee Faces Labor Department Lawsuit Over Asset Shift

The lawsuit seeks to require the business owner to restore all losses to the plans, ‘pl...

Legal

Labor Department Sues Houston-Based Staffing Firm

The lawsuit also seeks to permanently bar the defendants from serving in a fiduciary ca...

Benefits

Survey Says Group Health Care Plan Costs Climbed 6.9 Percent This Year

To prevent even bigger cost increases in 2011—caused in part by meeting requirements, s...

HR Administration

Labor Department Pushes Intensified Scrutiny of Employee Stock Ownership Plan Fiduciaries

Increased costs also worry some as the rule extends fiduciary liability to ESOP valuati...

Legal

CMS Delays Mandatory Liability Claims Reporting

The announcement is not the first time the U.S. government agency has delayed implement...

HR Administration

PBGC Deficit Nears Record Level

The agency could be hit with more big losses. It says its potential exposure to future ...

Workplace Culture

Holiday Events Stage a Comeback as Dark Mood Eases

The comeback of company-sponsored get-togethers is providing a year-end boost for the c...