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October 4, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Most benefit plan cost trend rates for 2011 will remain unchanged from 2010, according to the latest Segal Company forecasts.

October 4, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – An audit report claims the Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) could do more to protect retirement plan assets from conflicts...

October 4, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stress is the top health issue driving wellness strategies for employers in Africa/the Middle East, Asia, Australia, Canada, and Europe, according to preliminary...

October 4, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Great-West Retirement Services has appointed Tom Masteller as regional sales director for the Pittsburgh marketplace.

October 4, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Sixty-one percent of respondents in a recent Mercer survey said the most serious global mobility compliance issue involved tax return revisions caused by...

October 4, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The funded status of U.S. pension plans improved during September from the historic low position recorded at the end of August, resulting in...

October 4, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Legal & General Investment Management America’s (LGIMA) Pension Fiscal Fitness Monitor shows that pension funding ratios rebounded 2% in the third quarter of...

October 4, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (TIAA) has acquired a controlling interest in Westchester Group, Inc., an independent agricultural asset manager.

October 4, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Loomis, Sayles has launched the Loomis Sayles Multi-Asset Real Return Fund (MARYX), featuring multi-asset class diversification designed to counter potential global inflationary environments,...

October 4, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Thrivent Financial for Lutherans illegally made public a temporary employee’s confidential medical information, according to a federal lawsuit.

October 4, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Raleigh, North Carolina-based BF-Southeast, LLC, doing business as Professional Fitness, violated federal law by discharging a female employee because she complained about sexual...

October 4, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has filed a harassment lawsuit against a Phoenix Honda dealership over allegations of a hostile work...

October 4, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - El Palacio Mexican Restaurants’ Bullhead City, Arizona, location is accused of reversing a job offer after finding out the candidate was pregnant.

October 4, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - United Road Towing is accused of violating federal anti-discrimination law by enforcing an “inflexible” medical leave policy.

October 4, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has charged in a lawsuit that the Nassau County (NY) Department of Parks, Recreation and Museums...

October 4, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey violated federal law by paying its female non-supervisory attorneys less than male attorneys, the...

October 4, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A Lancaster, California, acute care hospital has been accused of illegally discriminating against at least 12 Hispanic housekeepers.

October 4, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed a lawsuit against Supercuts hair salon.

October 4, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has charged that Walmart refused to allow an assistant store manager to take leave on Sundays...

October 4, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has charged that the East Hawaii Veterinary Center, LLC, a veterinary clinic in Hilo on the...