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September 27, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Department of Labor (DoL) released its final regulations mandating that certain distributions of retirement plan benefits must now be automatically rolled over...

September 27, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An employer health-benefit consortium has put together a new group to help develop and distribute information about treatments and procedures for which there...

September 27, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Attitudes regarding performance-based compensation are changing in favor of the more holistic, performance-driven system, a new survey says.

September 27, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Consumer-driven health care is on the rise and the use of HMOs is in decline, according to benefits consultants at Watson Wyatt.

September 27, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Almost 50% of large companies have increased or will boost the number of employees getting overtime under the new federal wage-hour regulations, a...

September 27, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fee-based advisors can put together a basket of individual stocks and other securities on Standard & Poor's platform without incurring a separate investment...

September 24, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal bankruptcy judge has ruled that a United Airlines court filing regarding how employees would be affected by pension plan terminations should...

September 24, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Total compensation for top staffing industry executives declined by a median of 26% in 2003, according to Staffing Industry Analysts.

September 24, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The federal private pension insurer has filed a $2.3 million lien against an ailing New York silverware manufacturer after the company missed a...

September 24, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Bills working their way through Congress may allow residents of disaster-prone Florida and surrounding states to make early tax-free withdrawals of their retirement...

September 24, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Appeals judges have thrown out a lower court ruling in a retiree lawsuit over whether a summary plan description (SPD) guaranteed life insurance...

September 24, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The proposed regulations released with the intent of clarifying the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Act of 1994 (USERRA) have made it clear...

September 24, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Charles Schwab is set to offer Individual Retirement Account (IRA) rollover products and services on the RolloverSystems network.

September 23, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Investment managers looking for an environmentally conscious mutual fund now have a new option from which they can choose.

September 23, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Citing a lack of motivation and education as reasons for minimal participation in defined contribution plans, The Alliance of Fiduciary Consultants (TAFC) has...

September 23, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - First Mercantile and ERISA Compliance Associates have teamed up to provide a fiduciary compliance tool as part of First Mercantile's Fiduciary MasterPlanner suite.

September 23, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Hartford Financial Services Group has announced that it will now offer debit card access to its flexible spending accounts (FSA).

September 23, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal lawsuit has been brought against Wal-Mart Stores Inc., alleging that the retail giant discriminates against blacks seeking truck-driving positions.

September 23, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Roses were blooming all over when it came to the August mass layoffs picture with sizable drops in both the number of layoffs...

September 22, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Bank of New York (BoNY) and Wilshire Associates will integrate their respective risk management services.