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November 7, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Just over a quarter of American adults say they have been discriminated in the workplace - most often in instances involving their race,...

November 7, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Struggling with a weak economy, many Canadian employers are cutting the salary increase budgets put together just a few months ago - in...

November 6, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Job search engine Simply Hired has announced that job seekers can now refine their job search to consist only of employers featured on...

November 6, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new survey conducted by BearingPoint, Inc. and Zogby International suggests Americans are considering drastic changes in health care to cut expenses.

November 5, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The BNA Holiday Practices Survey indicates employers are less generous this year than they were in 2007 in granting paid time off during...

November 5, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Only one-in-five (20%) large UK corporate pension plan sponsors are giving serious thought to selling off their final salary pension obligations in whole...

November 5, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Also on Tuesday's presidential election ballot, Maine voters resoundingly rescinded the state's recently imposed tax on soda, beer, and wine that was designed...

November 4, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal officials have announced that a Sterling, Virginia, information technology company has agreed to pay $1.7 million to 343 non-immigrant workers for back...

November 4, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR (b)lines) - Either outcome of the 2008 presidential election will result in a first for America -- either Sarah Palin will be the first...

November 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A New York-based commercial real-estate broker and a Pennsylvania broadcasting company are the two latest employers to cease their 401(k) matching contributions as...

November 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a new report, Charles Schwab reveals its finding that there is a strong connection between a plan sponsor's company match contribution formula...

November 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Texas management consultant whose name has been attached a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling on participants' legal rights to pursue fiduciary breach...

October 31, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Total compensation costs for civilian workers increased 0.7% from June to September 2008, seasonally adjusted, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) of the...

October 31, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Half of nonprofit employers in a recent poll said late-career or retired workers could be appealing hires for them, while another 39% said...

October 31, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Industry and retirement groups in a letter to the Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Ways and Means Committee have asked for...

October 31, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new research brief issued by the National Institute on Retirement Security (NIRS) suggests freezing a defined benefit pension plan in favor of...

October 30, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Automatic enrollment of employees into defined contribution retirement plans has been adopted by a majority of plan sponsors, according to a recent survey...

October 30, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Four female former Human Resources executives of Dell, Inc. on Thursday filed a class action discrimination suit against the company in U.S. District...

October 30, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In PLANSPONSOR's "PLUGGED IN-Participant Education in the Current Market Environment" Webcast, retirement plan advisers and PLANSPONSOR Editor-in-Chief Nevin Adams discussed what to tell...

October 30, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Retirement Services division at the American United Life Insurance Company (AUL), a OneAmerica company, announced that the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS)...