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December 18, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The skill gaps facing the US workforce include basic abilities in reading, writing and math; technical and professional skills; management and leadership; and...

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.

December 18, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal discrimination suits cost employers $101.3 million in court awards last year and have increased by 268% since 1991, according to a recent...

December 18, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Barton ruled last week that San Diego City Attorney Michael Aguirre can't challenge pension benefits awarded to employees before...

December 18, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With the Dow Jones Industrial Average at new record levels and the S&P 500 at highs not seen since 2000, 401(k) participants have...

December 15, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Eighty-four percent of those organizations that must abide by the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) offer some form of paid vacation, but...

December 15, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Garden State is set to become the third state in the nation to offer civil unions, with New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine...

December 15, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A California state appellate court has ruled that an employer can't be sued for the actions of an employee who uses its computer...

December 15, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission has voted to adopt amendments to its proxy rules that would allow companies to furnish proxy materials to...

December 15, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New disclosure rules adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) last summer have now taken effect.

December 15, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The swelling numbers of telecommuters over the past few years has also meant an increasing number of claims filed by these at-home workers...

December 15, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new survey shows that HR officials are struggling with a growing number of worker departures.

December 15, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Real average weekly earnings rose by 0.2% in November, according to preliminary data from the Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).

December 15, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) has issued a proposal that could impose additional pension funding pressures on state and local governments.

December 14, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in New York has ruled in a lawsuit that Citigroup's cash balance plan is not "age neutral" in the latest...

December 14, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin denied accidental death benefits for the beneficiary of a woman whose death was...

December 14, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A US Senate Democrat has released a new proposal to provide private health coverage to all Americans.

December 14, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The family of National Football League (NFL) Hall of Famer Mike Webster has won additional disability benefits due to him prior to his...

December 14, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued Notice 2007-3 containing the 2006 Cumulative List of Changes in Plan Qualification Requirements for plan sponsors...