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December 20, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - President George W. Bush signed on Wednesday the Health Opportunity Patient Empowerment Act of 2006, allowing for, among other things, rollovers from flexible...

December 20, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Department of Labor's (DoL) September proposal governing qualified default investment alternatives (QDIAs) evoked applause from the retirement industry, but that approval was...

December 20, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appellate court has turned aside constitutional objections by three fired employees who claimed their violation of a new dress code imposed...

December 20, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Seven former employees of McAfee have filed a breach-of-contract lawsuit against the firm after their vested stock options expired during a blackout period...

December 20, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Seven former employees of McAfee have filed a breach-of-contract lawsuit against the firm after their vested stock options expired during a blackout period...

December 20, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A survey of 227 large- and mid-sized employers by Mercer Human Resource Consulting has found that companies plan to pay more to top...

December 19, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new survey has found only 39% of employees surveyed believe their company's performance review process leads to better work while nearly seven...

December 20, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The funding levels of traditional pension plans at Standard & Poor's 500 companies improved for the fourth year in a row in 2006,...

December 19, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Braintree, Massachusetts company has announced a new Web-based solution for retirement plan sponsors to allow them to review their plan's annual census...

December 19, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - CareerTours, a national recruitment resource based in Phoenix, Arizona, has announced it will launch a new Web site in January that applies an...

December 19, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 7th US Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a conviction for conversion of plan assets under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act...

December 19, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Southern District of New York has rejected nearly all of Marsh & McLennan Co.'s (MMC) efforts to...

December 19, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Treasury Department have issued final regulations that provide guidance concerning prohibited allocations and disqualified person requirements under...

December 19, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Oregon Court of Appeals has ruled that a dairy farm employee, who was injured after he deliberately put his foot under the...

December 19, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A London employment appeals tribunal on Tuesday upheld an earlier ruling that a former senior HSBC banker was not fired because he was...

December 19, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A recent survey by Mercer Investment Consulting found UK defined contribution scheme members have limited knowledge of investments and need more education to...

December 19, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The amount of time workers spend on smoke breaks at the office may be taking a substantial toll on their productivity, with nearly...

December 19, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The sponsor of a 401(k) plan for employees at an Illinois racetrack is suing Principal Financial Group for fiduciary breach over revenue sharing...

December 18, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A majority of the defined benefit plans in the UK are closed to new members and 3% are closed altogether.

December 18, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Most US adults with employer-sponsored health insurance feel very or somewhat confident their coverage will meet their needs in the upcoming year.