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August 28, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Obesity rates continued to climb in 31 states last year, and no state showed a decline, according to the Trust for America's Health,...

August 28, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) have issued proposed regulations providing guidance on changes made by the Pension Protection Act of...

August 28, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Slightly more than half of college graduates already accepted a job before they snagged their college diplomas, with the average starting salaries for...

August 27, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Colorado's public employee retirement system has asked the legislature to avoid further divestment legislation, saying that more mandates would create "a series of...

August 27, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A month after suffering a $2.7-billion outflow, mutual funds ducked back into solid positive territory in July with $26.7 billion in inflows, according...

August 27, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appellate court has added its judicial voice to that of others rejecting cash balance age discrimination claims and chalked up age...

August 27, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - MassMutual's Retirement Services Division announced it will introduce a Fiduciary Warranty, available in the fourth quarter of 2007, to qualifying plans that include...

August 27, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California Supreme Court ruled Thursday that employers do not have to prove that a disabled employee is unqualified to perform his or...

August 27, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Most employers in the Midwest say they are doing enough to engage workers in helping design their benefits plans, but only one in...

August 27, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Cash balance plan designs got some much-needed relief from the Pension Protection Act - but existing plans aren't out of the woods yet.

August 27, 2007 (PL.ANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York has determined that a Qualified Medical Child Support Order (QMCSO) can require...

August 23, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More workers ranked health insurance as the most valuable employee benefit than retirement savings plans and paid time off, a recent survey by...

August 27, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hewitt Associates, Inc., has acquired benefits management service RealLife HR, which offers heath and welfare benefits administration services to mid-market companies.

August 27, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Americans who plan to begin investing in the next 12 months say they intend to do so for long-term objectives, such as retirement...

August 27, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An Overland Park, Kansas company is offering an online advice product for retirement plans.

August 27, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly 45% of employees say their employer bars access to the social networking Web site Facebook, saying their companies see it as productivity...

August 27, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Business operations, human resources and financial services have the greatest number of job opportunities for college graduates this fall, according to a recent...

August 23, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge in Ohio has ruled that a 401(k) participant can't deduct $269 in monthly repayments for three plan loans...

August 24, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employees at jobs where social drinking is strongly discouraged were 45% less likely to be heavy drinkers than those at companies that are...

August 24, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Vanguard Investment Counseling and Research has suggested an approach to a problem that has bedeviled many plan sponsors otherwise attracted to target-date funds:...