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February 28, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Sexual remarks were the most common type of ridicule in the workplace, followed by ethnic and racial slurs and age-based remarks, according to...

February 28, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Financial concerns ranked as the top challenge for workers in 2007, followed by the struggle to find a balance between work and life,...

February 28, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Tire manufacturing giant Goodyear Tire & Rubber has joined the ranks of U.S. employers turning away from their traditional pension plans in favor...

February 28, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Combined assets of the nation's mutual funds increased by $152.8 billion, or 1.5%, to $10.56 trillion in January, according to the Investment Company...

February 28, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Assets under management by Canadian pension funds topped the $1 trillion mark for the first time in 2006 thanks in large part to...

February 28, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hennessee Group LLC, an adviser to hedge fund investors, estimates that hedge fund industry assets increased by $215 billion (17.5%) in 2006 to...

February 27, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new analysis of CEO pay has found that chief executives enjoyed significant gains in the value of their unexercised stock options last...

February 27, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new study has found that more multiemployer plans are apparently finding a new level of funding stability.

February 27, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Corporate Alliance to End Partner Violence (CAEPV), an Illinois-based organization founded by business leaders, is revamping its Web site to help employers...

February 27, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - One in five employees eligible to take a loan from their 401(k) plan actually did so in 2005, according to data from the...

February 27, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's workplace anti-discrimination agency has released a new guidance document on how to apply the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to health...

February 27, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of consumer-driven health care (CDHC) accounts is expected to reach 31 million over the next five years partly due to greater...

February 27, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - FedEx Corporation said Tuesday it was making some changes to its retirement offerings, which includes bumping up company contributions to its 401(k) plan,...

February 27, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - America West Airlines agreed to a $100,000 settlement with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) over charges that several female employees were...

February 27, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Case law supporting the legality of cash balance plans continues to grow with the most recent addition of a ruling by a federal...

February 26, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in Illinois has thrown out as unconstitutional a 2005 Illinois law limiting pension investments and state banking business with Sudan-connected...

February 26, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The employee benefit legal plan members of ARAG, a legal services provider, will now be able to access PricewaterhouseCoopers' (PwC) financial education and...

February 26, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has ruled that Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (MetLife) properly denied accidental death or dismemberment (ADD) benefits to the survivor of...

February 26, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal regulators have released the necessary technical amendment to extend the interim final rules under the Mental Health Parity Act (MHPA) to December...

February 26, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The top reason that chief financial officers (CFOs) leave their posts is to accept another job, followed by an inability to fit into...