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September 28, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed a discrimination suit against Bloomberg L.P., claiming that it engaged in a pattern of demoting and...

September 27, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Average participant 401(k) balances for all age groups increased 67% from 2003 to 2006, according to figures from the Employee Benefit Research Institute...

September 27, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - About 65% of employers are using automatic enrollment in their 401(k) plans, or plan to implement it in the next 18 months, according...

September 26, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - Some 77.7% of eligible employees have balances in their 401(k) plans with deferrals averaging 5.4% of pay for non-highly compensated workers and 6.9%...

September 26, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - Preliminary figures from a new study show U.S. and European workers' salary hikes lagging those of their counterparts in Asia-Pacific and Latin America.

September 26, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - General Motors Corp. and the United Auto Workers (UAW) announced a deal Wednesday that will mean a massive reorganization of the company's health...

September 25, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - State Street Corp. has announced plans to freeze its pension plan for its 15,000 workers in favor of a 401(k) plan with beefed...

September 25, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than 60% of college students expect to stay with their first employer for less than three years and 34% say they plan...

September 25, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - About 20% of those who have not yet retired have a retirement plan, and only 29% of retirees have such a plan, according...

September 24, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - A new Spectrem Group study provides more evidence that auto plan features - particularly auto enrollment at plans with $10 million or more...

September 25, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Wisconsin-based SC Johnson topped the AARP's 2007 List of Best Employers for Workers Over 50, ousting Mercy Health System of Janesville, Wisconsin from...

September 24, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly half of retired adults said their expenses in retirement were what they expected, compared to about 30% who said they were more...

September 24, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Health care rate increases fell to 5.3% in 2007, down from 7.9% in 2006, but are expected to increase to 8.7% in 2008,...

September 24, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - Women's confidence in their ability to retire with a comfortable lifestyle has remained low and has not changed since 2004, with only 23%...

September 24, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - At a time when the level of plan fees and the extent of their disclosure are a key issue in the retirement services...

September 24, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A male manager at an Orlando-based Dillard's department store sexually harassed male employees by repeatedly exposing himself and making sexually explicit and derogatory...

September 24, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - A consulting firm study finds that companies this year are increasingly instituting incentives for healthy behavior and penalties for unhealthy behavior as open...

September 24, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The San Diego pension board's undervaluing of an employee perk could mean that current and future retirees will feel the brunt of the...

September 21, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a recent survey of over 500 faculty in colleges and universities, Fidelity found 51% of faculty said having two to three 403(b)...

September 21, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - If you found yourself sitting in traffic this morning, you were part of a phenomena that costs the US economy $78 billion in...