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June 19, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Once two 401(k) plan administrators learned a dead participant's common-law spouse was legally validating her marital status, the plans should have postponed distribution...

June 19, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Chicagoland plan sponsors, fiduciaries, and providers can bone up on their fiduciary responsibilities next week.

June 19, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The equity markets have been pretty scary at times in recent months, but that apparently hasn't prompted institutional money managers to flee the...

June 19, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has sued a Molalla, Oregon, nursery owner over allegations it permitted "severe sexual harassment" of women...

June 19, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Payden & Rygel has hired John Villegas for the firm's Retirement Services Group.

June 19, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - American managers are more stressed about the current recession than their global counterparts, but they are among the most optimistic about their future,...

June 19, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The chairmen of the three committees with jurisdiction over health policy in the U.S. House of Representatives - all Democrats - have unveiled...

June 19, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois has ruled that Motorola Inc. and fiduciaries of its 401(k) plan did not...

June 19, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) today announced it has assumed responsibility for the pension plan of more than 22,000 workers and retirees...

June 19, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employees would appreciate a lighter schedule during summer months, a new survey suggests.

June 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - McGraw-Hill Cos. has been hit with a stock drop lawsuit alleging its shares were artificially inflated because subsidiary Standard & Poor's (S&P) used...

June 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Defined contribution participants under 30 have actually gained 24% in average account balances between the end of 2007 and April 30, 2009, but...

June 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Health care costs for the nation's employers are expected to grow by another 9% next year, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers' Health Research Institute.

June 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Watson Wyatt survey found that a third (34%) of workers have increased their planned retirement age in the last 12 months.

June 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In Canada, costs for pharmaceuticals in 2009 have increased by 15.19%, dramatically reversing a four-year downward trend in prescription drug prices, according to...

June 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. Representative Earl Pomeroy waded into the health care reform debate with a proposed bill that he says supports health systems that reward...

June 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers won a major legal victory Thursday when a divided U.S. Supreme Court ruled workers now have to prove their age was the...

June 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a joint hearing on target-date funds before the Department of Labor (DoL) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), witnesses were in...

June 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - To be in line with the latest dress code for the city of Brooksville, Florida, municipal employees must use deodorant - and wear...

June 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - ExpertPlan, provider of defined contribution plan recordkeeping solutions, announced it has hired Steven Hart as Vice President, Sales and Business Development.