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May 5, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service has issued a revenue procedure that revises and expands the Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System (EPCRS).

May 5, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The board of Massachusetts' largest pension fund has filed a suit against the Public Employee Retirement Administration Commission (PERAC) to try to deter...

May 5, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Non-farm payroll employment increased by 138,000 in April, and the unemployment rate stayed at 4.7%, according to Department of Labor Bureau of Labor...

May 5, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New York City Comptroller William Thompson Jr. has gotten involved in the uproar over spiraling gas prices with a demand to ExxonMobil to...

May 5, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's insurer of private-sector pension plans on Friday announced that it had taken over a plan for 600 former workers at a...

May 17, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A fiduciary expert on Tuesday applauded the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for its recently released report on potential conflict of interest problems...

May 17, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A week after beleaguered San Diego worked out an agreement with one of its unions predicted to generate $200 million in savings for...

May 5, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - After receiving complaints about the personal hygiene of its bus drivers, First Bus in Norwich in the UK issued to drivers guidelines for...

May 5, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The South Carolina Supreme Court ruled unanimously that the state wrongly forced thousands of retirees in a retention incentive program to pay contributions...

May 5, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Massachusetts Senate struck down Thursday a veto by the governor of a provision that would force an assessment of employers that do...

May 5, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A UK employment tribunal on Friday ruled that a former HSBC senior banker had gotten less favorable treatment because he was gay, but...

May 5, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A participant in a qualified plan for public employees of Texas failed to convince the US Tax Court that she should not pay...

May 4, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fidelity Investments has announced it is developing a suite of plan tools and services to help 403(b) plan sponsors meet fiduciary and administrative...

April 5, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The recently finalized Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) proposal to force companies to put pensions and other post-employment benefits on their balance sheets...

May 4, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Carnival Cruise Lines will pay $6.25 million to thousands of current and former employees that sued the company for allegedly not paying enough...

April 5, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In their efforts to chase more robust returns, US institutions are increasing their investments in international equities, private equity, and other alternative assets,...

May 4, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Raytheon Co.'s board voted to impose a compensation cut for CEO William Swanson in response to his unethical plagiarism violation.

May 4, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - One of the most common reasons for not recruiting foreign nationals is the lengthy visa process required to work in the US, according...

May 4, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Americans are more concerned about stretching their savings than actually saving for retirement, according to a recent poll.

April 29, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The international accounting rulemakers have released an Exposure Draft relating to pension cost accounting proposals.