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May 26, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Carole Pannozzo, executive director of human resources for Bridgeport's schools, sees nearly half the number of teachers retiring this year as she usually...

May 26, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new Mercer survey has found 25% of responding organizations do not have a formal severance policy and seven in 10 who have...

May 26, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A study of more than 500 Americans conducted by Sway, Inc. and commissioned by VisualCV found that 50% of all respondents currently have...

May 26, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) announced it will take responsibility for the underfunded pension plan covering 532 workers and retirees of Contech...

May 26, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service has, in Notice 2009-48, set limits on expenses for employer-owned life insurance that policyholders can deduct from their gross...

May 26, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - State Treasurer Richard Mourdock says the state cannot allow its "retired police officers and teachers to be ripped off by the federal government."

May 26, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New York state's pension fund has cut its fund-of-hedge funds investments to about $500 million from $5 billion since January 2008, a spokesman...

May 22, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nevada Assembly Majority Leader John Oceguera said negotiators have reached a tentative agreement on reforms to the financially strapped Public Employees Retirement System...

May 22, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Online 401(k), a provider of full-service Web-based 401(k) plans, has continued to expand its network of financial advisors.

May 15, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - After tweaking their standard for how federal judges should handle employee benefits denial cases involving a conflicted plan administrator, federal appellate judges have...

May 22, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new Randstad Work Watch survey of full-time employed adults reveals a, perhaps surprising, cause of employee stress - taking time off for...

May 22, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Brandeis University has announced plans to suspend its retirement plan match for faculty and staff starting in July because of the faltering economy.

May 22, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Washington State Investment Board (WSIB) filed a lawsuit Wednesday to recover more than $100 million in losses related to its purchase of...

May 22, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The combined assets of all Section 529 college savings plans fell 12.4% in the fourth quarter to $104.9 billion.

May 22, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Three-quarters of small business employers say workplace profanity is offensive and unprofessional, and nearly half say it can border on harassment, according to...

May 22, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have provided more information regarding a...

May 21, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Consumers are more concerned about short-term security than long-term financial goals, according to the 2009 Survey of Financial Values and Debt sponsored by...

May 21, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Being perfect may be bad for your health.

May 21, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. Senators Tom Coburn, (R-Oklahoma) and Richard Burr (R-North Carolina) and U.S. Representatives Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin) and Devin Nunes (R-California) introduced health care...

May 21, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Companies are embracing Web 2.0 technologies such as social networking tools, blogs and Webcasts for internal communications and as part of their overall...