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October 29, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Brazilian court ruled this week that McDonald's must pay a former franchise manager $17,500 because he gained 65 pounds while working there.

October 29, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Nearly half of individuals surveyed by The Hartford said retirement benefits are more important now than before the start of the recession.

October 29, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The New Hampshire Supreme Court has ruled that a state law requiring public funds to divest holdings from companies doing business with Sudan...

October 29, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Eighty-five percent of retirees recently polled said there should be no mandatory retirement age.

According to a press release, the free toolkit is designed to “assist and educate employers who have made the proactive decision to include veterans and wounded warriors in...

October 28, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Maxwell House Coffee Division of Kraft Foods Global is being sued by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for inequitably disciplining, then...

October 28, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Ascensus has partnered with Mesirow Financial’s Investment Strategies Group to deliver investment fiduciary protection to plan sponsors.

October 28, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released a list of additional employers and unions accepted into the Affordable Care...

October 28, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Lincoln Financial Group announced that Donna MacFarland has joined the company as Marketing Director for the Defined Contribution business.

October 28, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Investment Company Institute (ICI) and the American Benefits Council (ABC) have requested immediate guidance on section 2112 of the Small Business Jobs...

October 28, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) on Thursday announced that the 2011 deferral limit for 401(k), 403(b) or 457(b) plans and the federal government’s...

October 28, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Nineteen percent of individuals with a defined benefit pension plan who responded to Mercer’s recently released workplace survey are very confident they will...

October 28, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Van Eck Global has launched an exchange-traded fund (ETF) which seeks to give investors exposure to the equities of companies primarily engaged in...

October 28, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) –  A federal judge in Georgia has rejected claims SunTrust Banks breached its fiduciary duty by keeping company stock as an investment option in...

October 28, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fidelity Investments reported a 20% increase over the past three years in the number of participants in its tax-exempt workplace savings plans, which...

October 28, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Alabama Attorney General Troy King announced that the state's lawsuit against Nationwide Retirement Solutions has been settled for $16 million.

October 28, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new paper by MetLife entitled "Topics in Pension Risk Management: The Role of Partial Risk Transfer in a Dynamic Asset Allocation Strategy"...

October 28, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – ING Investment Management has reduced the expense ratios for the "I" shares of five of its actively managed fundamental equity funds, the company...

October 27, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participants in nonqualified deferred compensation (NQDC) plans have a new online education resource: the Web site myNQDC.com.

October 27, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – MetLife said its 8th Annual Employee Benefits Trends Study approximately one out of two Gen Y employees does not feel very confident about...