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August 1, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Although only 8% of workers admitted to stretching the truth on their resumes, nearly half (49%) of hiring managers reported they caught a...

July 31, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Former employees of the now-closed ANB Financial are suing members of the bank's retirement plan committee over the loss of an estimated $56.37...

July 30, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As of November 1, Akron Children's Hospital's pre-employment drug testing will include a screen for nicotine.

July 30, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers facing an unprecedented talent shortage, with 25% of the workforce nearing retirement age, are considering the impact upcoming retirements on their organization.

July 30, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Preliminary results from Milliman's 2008 Group Health Insurance Survey indicate that while premium rate increases continue to exceed the government's official rate of...

July 30, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite the economic slowdown, 60.5% of chief information officers (CIO) anticipate that IT hiring will remain steady, 20.9% anticipate an increase, and only...

July 29, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Average pay in the San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA metropolitan area was 19% above the national average in 2007, the highest among metropolitan areas...

July 29, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Holzer Holzer & Fistel, LLC announced it is investigating possible violations of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) related to UBS AG's...

July 29, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - C-Change, a national cancer coalition of leaders from the government, business, and non-profit sectors, is launching an initiative encouraging companies to assure their...

July 29, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Whirlpool Corporation has filed a lawsuit in federal district court seeking judgment that its modification of retiree medical benefits will not violate collective...

When deciding to benchmark retirement programs, plan sponsors are faced with considerations of why, when, and how to do it.

Plan sponsors must navigate the available options to find the plan investments best suited to their participants' needs while also being aware of the associated risks and their...

Plan sponsors and advisers know them by many names - ranging from "ERISA budgets" to "fee-capture accounts" - but many do not understand the restrictions that surround the...

Recent legislation and regulatory action is pushing plan sponsors and providers to offer increased disclosure about fees and other issues.

Plan sponsors often see helping participants save for retirement as their primary goal, but they are increasingly concerned about helping those participants find a good solution to manage...

Stable value funds are the "Linus Blanket" of the retirement services world, or at least that's how participants thought of them in the eighties, says Mark Woolhiser, Principal...

At PLANSPONSOR's 2008 Plan Designs conference, Rob Portman, Former Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and U.S. Trade Representative and Congressman, discussed some of the challenges...

According to John Low, Regional VP at Nationwide Financial, when most people think about benchmarking, the first thing that comes to mind is fees.

Most plan sponsors and advisers will agree that the majority of their participants are unprepared to manage their retirement accounts, and are rarely equipped with the information necessary...

A new level of customization has arisen in asset allocation solutions, according to panelists at PLANSPONSOR's 2008 Plan Designs conference.