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October 19, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) announced that it has approved regulations that would authorize the system to develop a pre-funding plan...

October 19, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new survey has found that, despite evidence that paid time off (PTO) programs reduce unscheduled employee absenteeism, the number of organizations utilizing...

October 19, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Online job demand slowed in September, with job availability showing increases in less than half of the top 28 US job markets, according...

October 19, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Median total compensation for outside (non-employee) directors of US boards, as well as CEO pay, is higher than last year according to The...

October 19, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hay Group, in partnership with Cezanne Software, has announced plans to add a new pay analysis function to its global reward information portal,...

October 19, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) on Wednesday issued a final rule governing how employee benefit plans can properly offer electronic benefit elections, consents...

October 19, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Holding company LSB Corporation announced Wednesday that it would terminate its defined benefit plan in exchange for increasing its match contributions to its...

October 19, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The notion of backdating stock options was apparently spread across the corporate landscape like a virus - through contacts by a director sitting...

October 19, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) has issued a staff question and answer document about auditing the fair value of share options...

October 19, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Negative second-quarter returns in the equity markets were counterbalanced by higher long bond yields, leaving the funded status of global benchmark pension plans...

October 18, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new survey from Hudson has found younger employees want more feedback, access to managers and social interaction than their older counterparts.

October 18, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A survey from Expertus and TrainingOutsourcing.com revealed that, while 82% of responding companies are involved in global training, more training dollars are spent...

October 18, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Trustees of the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) said they will work on a proposal to place restrictions on gifts and campaign...

October 18, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The St. Louis law firm that has been firing off lawsuits over what is insists are excessive 401(k) plan fees has set its...

October 18, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Salary.com's 2006 Small Business Executive Compensation Survey revealed that the national average salary for the CEO/Partner/Owner job function for small businesses is $258,400.

October 18, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) on Wednesday unveiled the maximum benefit and contribution limits on qualified retirement plans for 2007.

October 18, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - T. Rowe Price has announced the retirement of Charlie Vieth, president of its Retirement Plan Services (RPS) division.

October 18, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission has filed a complaint against AA Capital Partners Inc. and its president, John Orecchio, accusing him of misspending...

October 18, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appellate court has upheld a lower court ruling that two participants in employer-sponsored prescription drug benefit plans do not have a...

October 18, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Trustees of the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) said they will work on a proposal to place restrictions on gifts and campaign...