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June 14, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Colorado Governor Bill Owens has inked a measure hiking state and local government contributions to its public retirement plans and expanded defined contribution...

June 14, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Social Security trust fund has seen its life expectancy extended 10 years to 2052 - when Baby Boomers will be between 89...

June 11, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors are constantly confronted with the problems of increasing participation rates in 401(k) plans and making sure participants make the right investment...

June 10, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors are concerned about the cost of the 401(k) plans, and many are evaluating the fees being levied by their providers.

June 10, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employees entered the new year with renewed optimism about their financial futures, asking more questions about money management and investing, with fewer crisis...

June 10, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Even though many Americans have raised a hue and cry over U.S. companies outsourcing jobs to less expensive markets, the government said Thursday...

June 9, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The effectiveness of compensation strategies that emphasize "pay-for-performance" has been called into question by a study conducted by Hewitt Associates and WorldatWork, the...

June 9, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The pace of health-care cost increases may have slowed in 2003 for the second year in a row, but that doesn't mean employers...

June 9, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal employees participating in the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) would have more flexibility to open, close, or make changes to their accounts under...

June 9, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Two Starbucks Corp. managers in Florida have brewed up a federal lawsuit alleging the company poured up a double-espresso worth of work and...

June 9, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A study by a national insurance provider claimed that melding workplace disability and health-care programs from the same carrier can help return disabled...

June 8, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Sponsors of multiemployer health funds have many factors to consider when considering offering Health Savings Accounts (HSA) to their employees.

June 8, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - World events have little bearing on executives accepting overseas posts, while family considerations weigh heavily on these considerations.

June 8, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - American companies may still be sending jobs to less expensive labor markets overseas, but that doesn't mean people in this country are happy...

June 7, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - When you look at the pay levels of Information Technology (IT) workers in places such as India, compared to their United States counterparts...

June 7, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Even though retirees may be counting on their homes to eventually make up some of what they have not been saving for retirement,...

June 7, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The company that handles trade processing for many 401(k) plans, among other investment customers, will remain open Friday despite the broader markets being...

June 7, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than one-third (35%) of caregivers who work outside the home and a third of those who are married believe that eldercare responsibilities...

June 4, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The stepdaughter of novelist Mike Peterson sued Nortel Networks, her mother's former employer, arguing that it shouldn't have paid Peterson $384,000 in death...

June 3, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new study has found that differences in the way men and women are managed at work puts both at risk for cardiovascular...