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November 11, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A labor union and four employees of the West Japan Railway Co. have filed a lawsuit against the company for what it calls...

November 11, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new study claims the growth of the uninsured in American is largely attributable to illegal immigrants.

November 11, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new Congressional Research Service (CRS) study of post retirement income trends reported that 35% of Americans age 65 and older received income...

November 11, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Giant carmaker General Motors won a victory of sorts when its hourly workers signed off on a plan under which active workers and...

November 11, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With lawmakers in the Massachusetts state House and Senate trying to work out differences between their competing versions of a health care plan...

November 11, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Pension reform may actually reach the Senate floor now that Senators Mike DeWine (R-Ohio) and Barbara Mikulski (D-Maryland) have lifted their procedural objections...

November 11, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A prominent US House Democrat has waded into an always controversial topic in corporate governance circles with a new bill mandating additional executive...

November 11, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Hartford Financial has introduced a new educational program to help financial professionals, plan sponsors, and plan participants prepare for the Roth 401(k).

November 23, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - When it comes to pursuing corporate programs to comply with corporate governance regulations, US executives are ahead of their European counterparts, a new...

November 23, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - After announcing that its endowment has climbed above $22 billion on the back of 21.1% growth in FY2004, Harvard has announced the bonus...

November 23, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - American International Group (AIG) on Tuesday announced preliminary settlements of criminal and regulatory probes into products it sold that companies might have relied...

November 11, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Staff members at the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) have put out a new transition method to be used to report employee stock...

November 10, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The second phase of the reorganization of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is on again after a House appropriations committee member withdrew...

November 10, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal court in Connecticut has ruled that Competitive Technologies, Inc. (CTI) must reinstate two whistleblowers while it appeals a decision of the...

November 10, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the District of Maryland has ruled that an employee may use evidence that her grandmother acted as her...

November 10, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US House Employer-Employee Relations Subcommittee has reviewed the impact of the Workplace Religious Freedom Act sponsored by Education and the Workforce Committee...

November 10, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Research from The Hackett Group finds that world-class companies spend 25% less on HR than typical companies and rely on 16% less staff,...

November 10, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An Arlington, Virginia hotel has agreed to pay $80,000 to settle a 2004 federal lawsuit accusing it of illegally discharging a Spanish-speaking dishwasher...

October 11, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A San Diego lawyer representing the city's now much-troubled pension system asserted in a recently revealed memo that pension board members had most...

October 11, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - MDL Capital Management Inc., accused of losing $215 million for the Ohio State Bureau of Workers Compensation is suing two of its liability...