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August 15, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors may find it easier to help participants obtain investment advice if pension reformers U.S. Representatives. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) and Ben Cardin...

July 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Senators John Kerry (D-Massachusetts) and Rick Santorum (R-Pennsylvania) plan to introduce legislation to protect workers from on-the-job religious discrimination.

July 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued new life expectancy tables to use in determining required minimum distributions.

July 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors and providers may now find it easier to gain approval for an exception from prohibited transaction rules under new guidelines.

June 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com)-The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has sued an Atlanta church for firing three women after they complained about a church official making repeated sexual advances.

June 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A participant's account balance in a 457-government retirement plan can be held back from the person's bankruptcy estate, a federal judge ruled.

June 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service has given plan sponsors some additional guidance on the new required minimum distribution rules with the publication of model...

June 27, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Representative John Boehner (R-OH) has introduced three bills designed to modernize ERISA, most notably the area of participant advice.

June 15, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An ordinance requiring companies contracting with the city of San Francisco to provide the same benefits for domestic partners as they do for...

May 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hewlett-Packard (H-P) retirees will get rebates on H-P products they've purchased and will continue to be eligible for those rebates in the future,...

May 15, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - There appears to be good news and bad news for pension reform in the proposed Senate version, according to a review of the...

May 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - State officials in Massachusetts are bringing their tax laws in line with EGTRRA-changed federal statutes.

May 16, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new patient's bill of rights was formally introduced Tuesday with support from the White House, but it was already drawing fire from...

May 15, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Controversial legislation, endorsed by the White House and aimed at protecting patients while limiting damages awarded by health plans, will be unveiled later...

May 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Sentiment seems to be growing in Washington DC that would bar employers from taking out so-called "dead peasant" life insurance policies on workers.

May 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Companies which publicly discuss their labor practices can be sued if they lie in the process, the California Supreme Court ruled in a...

April 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As part of the Bush administration's New Freedom Initiative, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has introduced a series of workshops.

April 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - State Street Bank and Trust Company wants to reconsider its agreement with Enron to assume oversight of the company's three pension plans, in...

In a legislative session frequently marred by partisan bickering, the need for dramatic pension reform drew an astounding level of bipartisan support in 2000 - only to run...

December 26, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participants in multi-employer retirement plans will get a bit more security, thanks to an increase in the Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation's guarantee limit.