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September 15, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - According to a report in the American Journal of Health Promotion, an obese employee costs an additional $460 to $2,500 annually in medical...

September 15, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Greenwood Village, Colorado restaurant chain has agreed to settle a religious discrimination lawsuit over the firing of a waiter who had religious...

September 15, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) and the IRS have issued guidance on helping Hurricane Katrina victims obtain distributions and...

September 14, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Workers of toy and clothing factories in six countries have sued Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., claiming the retailer overlooked sweatshop conditions.

September 14, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A study from Greenwich Associates has revealed that 44% of plan sponsors go with their existing investment consultant when in need of a...

September 14, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has rejected arguments from a retired American Airlines pilot that it wasn't fair for the company to partially suspend his...

September 14, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina ruled that a retirement plan administrator breached its fiduciary duty by paying...

September 14, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has filed a lawsuit against an Oklahoma health food store on behalf of an applicant it refused...

September 14, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - They may be young, but Americans between 18 and 26 years old have apparently gotten the message in a big way about the...

September 14, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A falloff of small businesses offering workplace health coverage has led to an overall dramatic dropoff of companies offering the insurance policies.

September 14, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Compensation may be important in the workplace, but workers are more likely to head for the door if they're having problems with career...

September 14, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com)— Fidelity Investments has announced enhancements to its Advisor 401(k) platform, including a Web-based tool to facilitate sales efficiency and a program to facilitate fee-based...

September 14, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Lord Abbett & Co. has added two new lifestyle mutual funds that cater to investors seeking a specific asset-allocation strategy.

September 14, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - St. Paul Travelers has announced the availability of a new insurance product to protect investment advisors, mutual funds, and hedge funds for a...

September 14, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal appellate judges have turned aside an appeal in a challenge to regulators' rule mandating more independence among mutual fund directors.

September 14, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Azon Corp. has agreed to a settlement of $9.35 million for employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) benefits to participants who say the company...

September 14, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - PriceWaterhouseCoopers Saratoga 2005-2006 US Human Capital Effectiveness Report found that in 2004 the average organization saw $52 in profit for every $100 spent...

September 13, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Eight of 10 companies in a recent survey said they expected workforce management solutions to either cut costs, beef up productivity, or both.

September 13, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appellate court has upheld a lower court ruling that a long-term disability plan administrator could reasonably decide that a participant's bipolar...

September 13, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In addition to the one year extension to the internal-controls rule granted in March, the SEC plans to grant small businesses another year-long...