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October 18, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Responding to increasing shareholder scrutiny regarding executive equity-based compensation, Mellon has designed a new executive compensation system.

October 18, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appeals court has unanimously ruled that zero-tolerance drug tests are not unreasonable for people in dangerous work situations.

October 18, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Standard & Poor's revealed Monday that the performance of US equity funds in the third quarter of 2004 is in keeping with the...

October 18, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Almost half of the companies who were expecting to offer flu shots to employees are now cutting such programs due to the flu...

October 15, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's accounting rulemakers have tentatively decided to expand their ongoing cash balance plan project to all plans featuring lump-sum distributions including equity...

October 15, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Kansas woman trying to get health coverage for an ear implant won a sweeping legal victory when a federal judge ordered her...

October 15, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - SmithKline Beecham Corp. has agreed to a $5.2 million settlement with a group who filed a class action suit contending that the company...

October 15, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit over inadequate continuing health coverage notices under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA), saying...

October 15, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Connecticut federal judge has thrown out a denial of health-care coverage lawsuit against Aetna Life Insurance Co., saying the employer's third-party administrator...

October 15, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A US District Court of Massachusetts judge has ruled that a telephone call to an insurer is not enough to change beneficiary status...

October 15, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - If you feel that you are constantly thwarted by "Murphy's Law," take heart. Researchers have figured out a formula to predict the impact...

October 15, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A few too many spelling mistakes and subsequent 'love notes' from the boss? Blame it on the temperature!

October 15, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With the nation's flu vaccine supply cut in half last week after British regulators suspended the license of the Chiron Corp., companies are...

October 15, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Both houses of Congress are attempting to pass bills that would abolish the 'open season' for Thrift Savings Plan (TPS), and instead allow...

October 15, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of absence control program is down this year, according to a new survey.

October 14, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Newport Group said its asset allocation models have been selected by Intuit Inc. as part of several versions of Quicken 2005 for...

October 14, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Human resource solutions provider Workscape Inc. has announced the release of its updated web-based benefit administration product, OneForce/Benefits.

October 14, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Enroll Link Inc. has announced the release of a new product aimed at EDI enrollment specialists and their current companies that will help...

October 14, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Principal Financial Group has announced the 2004 winners of The Principal 10 Best Companies for Employee Financial Security from nearly 800 nominated...

October 14, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An overwhelming majority of 70-year-olds consider financial independence as a major aspect of their happiness, according to a new study.