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September 23, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has hit a North Carolina trucking company with a lawsuit over allegations it illegally discriminated against...

September 23, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Financial advisers have significant opportunities to help clients navigate through the turbulent waters of the economic downturn since many Americans are confused about...

September 23, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Auto enrollment plans and target-date funds remain hot topics in the retirement space with 47% of employers now auto-enrolling and another third seriously...

September 22, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR (b)lines) - A study of 3,000 British school teachers revealed more than one in three expect children with certain names to be more of...

September 22, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While 54% of defined benefit sponsors that have a frozen plan are either thinking about closing the plan or actually doing so, a...

September 22, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Tennessee auto-parts maker has been accused of violating federal laws by using employee tests for prescription drugs to screen out those with...

September 21, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Most employers surveyed by Mercer expect the process for setting workforce priorities for 2010 to be different from 2009, with greater emphasis on...

September 21, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A female trader formerly with RBC Capital Markets is suing the firm for gender bias, saying she was dismissed for dating a hedge...

September 21, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new survey found that general employee engagement has dropped 9% since last year and 25% for top performers.

September 21, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Broward County, Florida, projected that its spending on health insurance would increase 7% next year, but the cost will now remain flat after...

September 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A report by the federal Office of Personnel Management (OPM) found participation in telework rose in 2008, but the percentage of eligible federal...

September 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Making a nasty comment about a boss' lineage was enough to get a worker fired, but not enough to keep him terminated, according...

September 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Former CSK Auto Corp. CEO Maynard L. Jenkins has filed a motion to dismiss an action by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)...

September 17, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fidelity's annual College Savings Indicator study found that more parents of college bound children, ages 18 and younger, have started saving and are...

September 17, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - According to a new survey, employers say they will not absorb any additional costs that result from reform and plan to take actions...

September 17, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The credit crisis and subsequent global recession caused many companies to slash workforce headcount and drastically reduce their expenditure on people, and a...

September 17, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A trade group representing retirement services industry providers has recommended the creation of a mandatory standardized 401(k) plan.

September 17, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A recent TIAA-CREF survey of 1,002 higher education employees, aged 50 to 70, who are actively saving for retirement, finds that six in...

September 16, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - International employers continue sending workers for overseas assignments, but in a less expensive way, according to a new study.

September 16, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A CareerBuilder survey finds more than one-in-five (21%) workers say they have reduced their 401(k) contributions or personal savings in the last six...