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February 22, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Thirty-nine percent of executives say they would get a business degree to better prepare for career success, down from 49% who said the...

February 22, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employee benefits reached 44% of payroll in 2005, with medical-related expenses constituting the greatest benefit cost at $5,924 per employee, according to a...

February 22, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Pinpoint Performance, Inc. has launched a Web site that compares an individual's 401(k) and IRA balances to a benchmark account that would replace...

February 22, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - BPA-Harbridge (BPAH), a Utica, New York-based employee benefits firm, announced a new participant notification system to help plan sponsors implement auto enrollment features...

February 22, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hewlett-Packard announced this week it would freeze contributions to current employees' defined benefit plans to shave costs, but will bump up its matching...

February 22, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Human resources professionals may consider employee retention as a top priority, but many are way off the mark when it comes to accurately...

February 22, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A tentative agreement with the largest union for New Jersey state workers calls for employees to pay 1.5% of salary toward their health...

February 22, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Funding requirements set by the Pension Protection Act and new accounting rules have propelled companies to consider risk management and investment strategies that...

February 22, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Florida state court has ruled that a Pasco County printing company fired an employee for missing work to serve on jury duty,...

February 22, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - LifeCare, Inc. has launched a new Backup Care Connection program to help people make alternative care arrangements for children and seniors to avoid...

February 21, 2007 - (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Real average weekly earnings fell by 0.3% in January, according to preliminary data from the Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics...

February 21, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.K. High Court has sided with four pensioners over whether the government should have to fully compensate workers whose pension plans have...

February 21, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Principal Financial Group has now added a feature to its health plan that is directed at cancer care as part of its...

February 21, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - RealLife HR has released a suite of Web-based applications designed to help human resources executives streamline more complex benefit plans in terms of...

February 21, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Preliminary findings from a forthcoming study on health-care costs show employers are implementing solutions that focus on improving employee health and access to...

February 21, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A recent survey from the Profit Sharing/401(k) Council of America (PSCA) shows a majority of sponsors either plan to implement a Roth 401(k)...

February 21, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appellate court has thrown out an age discrimination ruling in favor of an employer and clarified its legal direction in cases...

February 21, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Ceridian LifeWorks, along with its recently acquired health-coaching firm, Leade Health, has announced a new bariatric surgery health-coaching service.

February 21, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly three-quarters of managers say they look inside the company ranks before doing an outside search for job candidates, with most managers considering...

February 21, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas said that a life insurance administrator misinterpreted the summary plan description (SPD) when...