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May 11, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Summer job prospects are looking brighter this year, the Wall Street Journal reports.

May 11, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Highland Hospital of Rochester, New York, has agreed to pay $200,000 to settle Hispanic workers' discrimination complaints that it prohibited seven workers, who...

May 11, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Following the lead of lawmakers in Massachusetts and Vermont, Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm unveiled a universal health care plan for her state Thursday...

May 11, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The average American working household has held steady in its retirement savings effort, according to a recent index that tracks retirement readiness.

May 11, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Web-based pension plan administration systems have reduced the number of pension calls human resources departments get by three-fourths, according to a new report.

November 29, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission is apparently pursuing an investigation into the sales and disclosure practices of 529 college savings plans, the Wall...

November 17, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new poll has found that, similar to US companies, UK employers are freezing their defined benefit pension plans to new employees.

November 29, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Florida Retirement System, the nation's fourth-largest public retirement fund, has sued Bristol-Myers Squibb over allegations the fund lost $240 million through its...

November 17, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Sarbanes- Oxley Section 404 compliance has given senior tax executives a dramatically higher profile - particularly with audit committees and board of directors.

May 11, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Vermont Legislature has approved a health care reform bill designed to increase the number of individuals in the state with health coverage...

May 10, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Sean Connery, a.k.a James Bond, has been voted sexiest male in the United Kingdom who is old enough to receive a pension.

May 10, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Americans held a record $14.3 trillion in retirement assets as of the end of 2005, according to the Investment Company Institute's (ICI) annual...

May 10, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The former owner of an financial services firm accused of mismanaging pension funds will pay more than $125,000 in restitution to plan participants...

May 10, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal jury awarded $1.3 million to a former Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. agent who said he was fired as a result of...

October 17, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Officials for Thrift Savings Plan (TSP), the government's 401(k) style retirement plan, have announced that the management of four of its funds will...

October 17, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a move that may spark a renewed price war with arch-rival The Vanguard Group, Fidelity Investments announced Monday that it has cut...

October 29, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - IBM Corp. received preliminary approval Thursday to settle a small part of a larger class-action lawsuit regarding the company's switch to a cash...

May 10, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Principal Financial Group has announced that it will begin using a new employer health savings account (HSA) service to simplify transactions.

May 10, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The UK and Ireland have the lowest levels of statutory maternity leave pay in Western Europe, according to a Mercer Human Resource Consulting...

May 10, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Major League Baseball (MLB) did not discriminate against retired white players by giving pension...