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June 13, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A report from the TIAA-CREF Institute says employers should abandon the traditional "hands-off" approach with defined contribution plans and implement automated plan features...

June 13, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Department of Labor (DoL) said Tuesday that an Ohio jeweler will have to pay about $1.29 million in back wages to 16,820...

June 13, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - According to a recent CareerBuilder.com survey, almost a third (28%) of working dads said work is taking a toll on their relationship with...

June 13, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Tennessee Governor Phil Bresden signed Cover Tennessee, a health care bill aimed at the state's 600,000-plus uninsured workers, according to the Associated Press.

A federal judge rebuffed Tuesday a request by FedEX lawyers to throw out the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) claim in the nationwide class action suit against...

June 13, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Thirty-one percent of US employers expect to add to jobs during the third quarter, while 6% expect to trim staff numbers, according to...

June 13, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Lawmakers could cut Americans' Social Security benefits without pushing large numbers of beneficiaries below the poverty line, a new research report has concluded.

June 13, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - RiverSource Investments, a subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial, Inc., has launched 10 new mutual funds, including eight RiverSource Retirement Plus Series target-date funds-of-funds.

June 13, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Enhanced Investment Strategies (EIS) has opened a new hedge fund that has the safety characteristics of a fixed income fund and the return...

June 13, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A collaboration between two healthcare software companies will provide a "one-stop shopping" solution for managed care companies, according to a news release.

June 12, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employee information management provider Employease has released a Web-based service that will allow customers to access and incorporate employee data from its network.

June 12, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new online resource from Medco Health Solutions Inc. allows individuals to search for cost savings for medications covered under their prescription drug...

June 12, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - John Hancock Retirement Plan Services (JHRPS) has launched communications informing financial representatives that are plan fiduciaries that its Fiduciary Standards Warranty protects them.

June 12, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 3rd US Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a lower court's ruling that a Pennsylvania power company did not violate its fiduciary...

June 12, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The latest Principal Financial Well-Being Index shows that workers are beginning to understand their need for a guaranteed income stream in retirement.

December 30, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. has been put under the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) microscope, with the regulator taking testimony from numerous...

December 30, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Department of Justice (DoJ) officials have delivered subpoenas to 12 current and former San Diego officials in a criminal investigation into the handling...

June 12, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A 14-member committee set up by Congress to figure out what people want when it comes to health care recommends that the federal...

December 30, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - HR and benefit consultant Watson Wyatt & Co., has gotten a subpoena from New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer about certain of...

December 30, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) has published a staff Technical Bulletin, Recognition of Pension and Other Postemployment Benefit (OPEB) Expenditures/Expense and Liabilities...