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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) - 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 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 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)...

October 29, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An SHRM research report, Online Technologies and Their Impact on Recruitment Strategies: Using Social Networking Websites To Attract Talent, indicates that searching for...

October 29, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Amid some suggestion that next week's Presidential election may draw one of the highest voter turnout percentages in history, a new CareerBuilder survey...

October 29, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new survey found that participants appear to be responding to the current economic and financial crisis by delaying retirement, saving less, and...

October 29, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new study by Hewitt Associates and the Human Capital Institute (HCI) reveals progress in managing talent, but most companies are still struggling...

October 29, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new Spectrem Group study of the defined contribution investment only (DCIO) market said it is made up of 12% of all 401(k)...

October 28, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Sponsors of 403(b) plans that are governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) should already be aware of their fiduciary roles...

October 28, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Fidelity Investments survey found that nearly half (45%) of Americans age 61 are planning to begin taking Social Security at 62, the...

October 28, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) has released an evidence-based clinical practice guideline on "The Treatment of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome."