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July 19, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A plan participant is seeking class action status for a company stock investment-based suit, for losses incurred in a fund in which participants...

July 19, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Apparently the notion of a Health Savings Account is appealing to consumers, as well as employers, according to a new survey.

July 19, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More plan sponsors are selecting life cycle mutual funds as their employee 401(k) plans' default investment option, seeing these investments as appropriate investment...

July 19, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors looking for more regulatory guidance on Health Savings Accounts (HSA) may soon get their wish.

July 15, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As in much of the nation, employers in Washington state have experience with continued health-care cost increases and have responded by decreasing some...

July 15, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - BJ's Wholesale Club Inc. has reached a settlement with the Department of Labor (DoL) over allegations the Natick, Massachusetts-based retailers improperly classified workers...

July 15, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - State governments are looking beyond their borders and the borders of the United States for firms to fulfill state contracts.

July 15, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Qwest Communications International Inc. retirees have filed a federal lawsuit against the Department of Labor (DoL) seeking details about an audit of the...

July 15, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of jobless managers and executives willing to move to a new town to find work took a dramatic leap during the...

July 13, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More companies are seeing their employees' email conversation wind up in the courtroom, yet many employers remain largely unprepared to manage e-mail and...

July 14, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A study by the Economic Policy Institute says the Department of Labor's (DoL) changes to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) will remove...

July 14, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Pay increases will be the same in 2004 as they were in 2003, but forecasts for 2005 show a slight increase.

July 14, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Workers eyeing early retirement expect to have health insurance coverage, even though few have given much thought to how that coverage will be...

July 14, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While a measure passed out of the US House of Representatives would allow Americans to buy some prescription drugs from Canada and elsewhere...

July 14, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While employers are certain to continue competing head-on for talented employees, not every company has properly positioned itself to make the best use...

July 14, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The two most often cited reasons for HR outsourcing are being able to use a greater pool of expert employees as well as...

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July 13, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Health Maintenance Organizations (HM0) are forecast to have an 11% rate increase in 2005, down 3.8% from 2004's projections.

July 13, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The federal anti-discrimination agency has ruled that aerospace contractor Lockheed Martin Corp., effectively sat on its hands while a racially hostile environment for...

July 12, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The use of corporate employee assistance program via e-mail have risen 25% in the first half of 2004, compared with the same period...