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April 22, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Millis, Massachusetts-based firm has unveiled a package of employee benefits and personal services, which it says will help employees better meld their...

April 22, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A San Mateo, California firm has unveiled a package of services allowing employers to offer a variety of tax-advantaged health spending accounts.

April 22, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Just because a plan recordkeeper worked on a plan regulated by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), it does not give a...

April 22, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A survey of law firm retirement plans shows that, like in a large number of other industries, defined benefit plans have become less...

April 22, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Microsoft has refused to endorse a Washington state bill that would have made it illegal to discriminate based on sexual orientation - a...

April 22, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A New York federal judge has turned away a bid by the federal anti-workplace discrimination agency to charge a large Burger King franchise...

April 22, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC) has come out in opposition to the House-proposed Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) premium hike, saying that it...

April 22, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The ongoing battle between United Airlines and the federal private-sector pension insurer over the fate of the troubled air carrier's four pension plans...

April 22, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The employer of an employee who received an e-mail about a reduction-in-force program but was not selected for the program did not violate...

April 22, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Profit Sharing / 401k Council of America (PSCA) has come out in support of recently proposed legislation that encourages retirement plans with...

April 22, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Video rental giant Blockbuster has been hit with a lawsuit in Dallas charging it with intentionally refusing to pay overtime to a large...

April 22, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The top insurance regulator in the state of Michigan - as well as its Governor - are urging congressional delegates from the state...

April 21, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has issued a tentative ruling against a group of employees who claim that their former employer should have given them...

April 21, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The man accused of fraudulently cashing his dead mother's pension checks has been sentenced to a prison term, which he is expected to...

April 21, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A woman fired by Costco for refusing to remove an eyebrow ring has accused the company of discriminating on religious grounds and is...

April 21, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new bill that would give the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) a real estate investment option seems to be garnering support from federal...

April 21, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Numerous US airlines may get a break on their pension contributions if legislation introduced in the Senate Wednesday passes.

April 21, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Connecticut employers may need to change their HR recordkeeping systems to reflect the potential changes in the handling employee benefits under the state's...

April 20, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Increasingly popular exchange-traded funds (ETF) took in $9 billion in net new investments in the January to March period, pushing asset totals to...

April 20, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Initial reports reveal that in March, stock fund investors added nearly $30 billion to stock and balanced funds.