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June 1, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employees have a new appreciation of benefits during the tough economic times and organizations have been increasingly able to partner with employees to...

June 1, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Many organizations are good at communicating how bonus awards are computed and most share employees' progress against their performance goals, a new survey...

June 1, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy (D-Massachusetts) is expected as early as this week to unveil a sweeping health-care reform plan requiring every American to...

June 1, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - General Motors Corp.'s two defined benefit pension plans remain ongoing under GM's sponsorship although the auto giant has entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

June 1, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Two members of the Los Angeles City Council have called for a reduction in Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's power to pick pension board members.

June 1, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Georgetown (Massachusetts) School Committee member George Moker said teachers have agreed to give back on several items in order to achieve an agreement...

June 1, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - General Motors auto workers have approved a restructuring plan that puts the workers in the same posture as Chrysler employees by getting their...

June 1, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has approved a request from New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo to put on hold the U.S. Securities and Exchange...

June 1, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Workscape Inc. and Callidus Software Inc. announced a joint marketing relationship to extend the functionality of their respective compensation management solutions - Workscape's...

June 1, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A U.K. newspaper is reporting that The Vanguard Group has submitted a $5-billion bid for the iShares unit of Barclays.

June 1, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - DWS Investments - Americas, the U.S. retail unit of Deutsche Bank's Asset Management division, has launched the DWS Fee Transparency Report.

June 1, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Two mainstays of American business upended by the economic downturn are now losing their coveted spot in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, according...

June 1, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli's office reported on Friday that the state pension fund lost 26.3% for the year ended March...

June 1, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Two mainstays of American business upended by the economic downturn are now losing their coveted spot in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, according...

June 1, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mercer is launching a new solution in the U.K. market to help defined benefit scheme trustees manage pension financial risks.

May 29, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A New York-based drugstore chain has agreed to a $240,000 settlement of a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit over allegations a store manager...

May 29, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The repayment of a 401(k) loan may be a real debt obligation, but it's not a "necessary expense" for bankruptcy purposes, according to...

May 29, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Archdiocese of Boston, facing a clergy pension system that it warns will run out of money in 2011, is taking its first...

May 29, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Public employers nationwide are modifying their employee health care benefits to include more cost-saving measures, according to a recent survey conducted by the...

May 29, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis, chairwoman of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), has urged its board to suspend a controversial investment strategy...