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November 18, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Eighty-three percent of employers provide some form of financial education for employees, making it clear that it is no longer if but how...

November 19, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) does not constitute a 'right to rest' for service personnel returning to work, an...

November 19, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal officials on Friday released the 2005 maximum contribution levels for health savings accounts (HSAs) and out-of-pocket spending limits for High Deductible Health...

November 19, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) Advisory Council has recommended new rules forcing employers and providers to disclose fees that mutual-fund companies...

November 19, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appeals court has ruled that employees of a riverboat casino qualified for a Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) exemption on overtime...

November 18, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A former PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) employee has sued the consulting firm over charges that the K plan and pension program for partners was...

November 18, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Insurance regulators in three states on Thursday announced a sweeping agreement with a trio of disability insurance providers requiring the companies to revamp...

November 18, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With disability leave costs eating up the bottom line, MetLife has announced the release of five industry-specific reports it hopes will shed light...

November 18, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The New Hampshire Retirement System has tapped Robert Leggett as its new executive director as of January 2005.

November 18, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Funneling money into strategies that offer less capacity constraints, hedge funds investors put $25.1 billion into the alternative investment vehicles in the third...

November 18, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Although its ultimate impact is uncertain, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg ordered his city pension fund board appointees to treat married gay...

November 18, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has settled a discrimination suit brought by white male applicants to immigration judge posts who feel that...

November 18, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The alteration of the definition of a 'dependent' in the Working Families Tax Relief Act of 2004 does not apply to employer-based medical...

November 17, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Forty-four former information systems (IS) employees have slapped electronics retailer Best Buy Company with a federal court age discrimination lawsuit.

November 17, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The last five years have brought many alterations to the fabric of American life, with terrorism, unemployment, and political division wracking the country,...

November 17, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Workers ages 50 an older don't really understand the costs of long-term health care, and they usually underestimate how long they will live,...

November 16, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Little Rock employees are being told to keep their guns at home - at least for a day - when former President Clinton...

November 17, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal judges should not automatically agree to hear new evidence in disability benefits denial cases just because the plan administrator reviewed the matter...

November 17, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A US Tax Court Judge has ruled that a loan taken from a 401(k) plan participant's account and was then never fully repaid...

November 17, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Amsterdam-based Fortis Bank has launched a new reporting tool for asset-backed securities.