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August 25, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Morningstar, Inc. is adding a Defined Contribution Plans module to its Principia software system.

August 25, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The IRS and US Treasury have issued proposed regulations regarding comparability rules for employer contributions to employees' Health Savings Accounts (HSAs).

August 25, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - North Carolina has adopted a new workers' compensation law that eases employers' ability to access employees' private medical records.

August 25, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has proposed regulations to clarify several issues involving deductions for dividends on employer securities held in employee stock...

August 25, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has cleared the former owner of a company that made television commercials for advertising agencies of wrongdoing for not providing...

August 25, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com)-On August 1, 2005, the Federal Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) introduced lifecycle (L) funds to its 3.4 million participants, and the funds have already exceeded...

August 25, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Some 38% of GenXers (age 26 to 40) believe that educational costs will be out of their financial reach by the time their...

August 25, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In its National Compensation Survey on Employee Benefits in Private Industry in the US as of March 2005, the DoL's Bureau of Labor...

August 24, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A national survey by Fidelity Investments of workers aged 25 and older found that one third of workers are delaying their retirement for...

August 24, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employees of small-to-mid-sized Illinois companies may now take unpaid family leave if they have a spouse or child called up to active military...

August 24, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Seventy three percent of large employers with a defined-benefit pension plan say their number one concern with maintaining it is expense and funding...

August 24, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Obesity rates continued to rise last year in every state but one and government policies and actions to date offer little hope of...

August 24, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An Oklahoma federal judge has certified as a class action a lawsuit filed by current and former K plan participants from Williams Cos....

August 24, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has ruled with a company which has a policy directing employees not to "…fraternize on or off...

August 24, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Using equity-based compensation as a long-term incentive program (LTI) is very much not just an American phenomenon, according to a new survey.

August 24, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Congressional Research Service (CRS) report says policymakers should be concerned about whether Medicare Part D provisions will be enough to encourage employers...

August 23, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A financial planning firm has released a new retirement readiness Web application.

August 23, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A financial planning firm has released a new retirement readiness Web application.

August 23, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A New York City-based HR outsourcing advisory firm has unveiled EQuation HRO, a membership-based service.

August 23, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - CHAMBERplan TPA, an updated version of AIG SunAmerica's The CHAMBERplan for Retirement, has been launched.