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June 29, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Recent research from Hewitt Associates found the election for Roth 401(k) deferrals was highest for newly eligible employees enrolling in their 401(k) plan...

June 29, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - According to new research by the Securities Industry Association (SIA), almost half of American households are not saving at all and two thirds...

June 29, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Unions representing 70,000 workers in the University of California (UC) system are against a plan by the Board of Regents to mandate employee...

June 29, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Massachusetts state officials are expected to decide this week the minimum amount employers must pay toward employee health care in order to avoid...

June 29, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia and the 7th US Circuit Court of Appeals have each ruled that plan...

June 28, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - UnumProvident has announced a new disability product offering - Select income protection insurance - which provides employers and employees control over some specific...

June 28, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Results from Watson Wyatt Worldwide's 2006 survey on retiree medical benefits show that a significant number of employers intend to place further restrictions...

June 28, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Medica has launched an online resource that gives consumers actual cost and other information for a variety of outpatient and inpatient procedures.

June 28, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Putnam Investments has introduced the Putnam Health Reimbursement Account (HRA) designed specifically for labor union members.

June 28, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - ADP Retirement Services and Morningstar Associates, LLC have announced that ADP will offer the Morningstar Retirement Manager Managed Account service to its retirement...

June 28, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A jury in Fresno, California awarded $1.7 million to an Alarm One Inc. employee who sued for sexual harassment and battery after several...

June 28, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Union Bank of California's retirement plan services division has announced a Roth 401(k) offering that includes online planning tools.

June 27, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Wells Fargo Funds Distributor is offering target date mutual funds that track the performance of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes.

June 27, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Wells Fargo Funds Distributor is offering target date mutual funds that track the performance of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes.

June 27, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of employers offering a consumer-driven health plan (CDHP) is on the upswing, according to a new survey.

June 27, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Integrated Benefit Institute's (IBI) most-recent report of the 2004 experience of 624 benefits professionals shows that 56% of respondents either have a health...

June 27, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nationwide Financial Services Inc. has announced the addition of a Roth 401(k) calculator to its Roth educational materials.

June 27, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new survey has found that employers are increasingly implementing comprehensive workforce physical and mental health programs to not only save money but...

June 27, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly a third of General Motors' US manufacturing workers have taken the company's early buyout program and agreed to retire this year for...

June 27, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Workplace Answers, which provides Web-based human resources, financial and ethics compliance training, has released a new version of its Learning Management System (LMS)...