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August 19, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new study sponsored by the US Small Business Administration (SBA) reveals a significant gap in what small employers have to pay for...

August 19, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - California lawmakers are scheduled to vote on legislation that would allow hundreds of retired state workers to take advantage of the state's Domestic...

August 19, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney now has a bill on his desk that guarantees state workers on active military duty won't lose salary or...

August 19, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A coalition of 52 large US employers is calling on pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) to not only pass on to clients their prescription...

August 19, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The list of ailing pension plans seeking the shelter of the nation's private-sector pension insurer continued apace Friday.

August 18, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - SunGard has acquired Pyramid Digital Solutions, a provider of Web-based applications for the retirement plan industry.

August 18, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Aetna has announced a new program that lets consumers find out the price for health services before going for care.

August 18, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Princeton, New Jersey-based plan provider has unveiled a socially responsible investing (SRI) K plan.

August 18, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Though divided on the issue, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruled that an employer's comment that the company was actively seeking to...

August 18, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Department of Labor (DoL) has filed suit against the trustees of the Cleveland-based Sheet Metal Workers Local 33 pension plan for...

August 18, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Retail companies that sell groceries would have to make substantial contributions toward their employees' health insurance coverage costs according to a bill that...

August 18, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has filed suit against a Richmond Safelite AutoGlass shop for firing a woman who would not work...

August 18, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has filed a sexual harassment suit against the Queens, New York law firm of Rappaport Hertz Cherson...

August 18, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - MetLife's 2004 Employee Benefits Trends Study found that many employers see voluntary benefits, for which employees pay some or all of the costs,...

August 17, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - All work and no play making anyone a dull person is no concern according to the 70% of Hudson survey respondents who said...

August 17, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Transamerica Retirement Services has launched a program that guarantees a 15% increase in plan participation if a company moves its retirement plans to...

August 17, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski has signed into law a measure that requires the state's group health insurers to offer insurance parity for mental...

August 17, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A group of 21 gay couples told a Michigan judge that the state's 2004 constitutional amendment defining marriage as involving one man and...

August 17, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Worldwide mutual fund assets were $16.13 trillion in the first quarter of 2005, practically the same as the $16.16 trillion reported for the...

August 17, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - ICC Plan Solutions now offers participant-specific enrollment kits designed to increase the likelihood that a participant will read plan materials.