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January 29, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A benchmarking firm has released a new study of the most effective HR performance measures.

January 29, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) claim without proof of lost wages, on its face must be dismissed.

January 29, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The United States Senate's approval of Pension Stability Act with modifications to the deficit rate contribution (DRC) provisions also contains language to alert...

January 29, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - President Bush's plans allowing younger workers to invest a portion of their Social Security taxes in the stock market has an AARP leader...

January 29, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's private pension insurer announced Thursday that it was re-jiggling its investment portfolio to a greater fixed-income position to better manage its...

January 29, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Investors now have an online area in which they can discuss corporate governance issues about publicly held companies.

January 28, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - There has been a steadily dropping rate over the last few years of accidents and injuries and incidents resulting in lost employee time,...

January 28, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than half of working adults have either not begun saving or have socked away less than $10,000 for retirement, according to a...

January 28, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The markets may be heading back to their pre-bubble levels, but the number of executives heading to smaller firms has not moved at...

January 28, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stock and bond mutual funds took in $24.3 billion in new assets in December.

January 28, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As it has in recent months, the Federal Reserve shied away Wednesday from changing interest rates from their decades-old lows.

January 28, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Independent advisors in Canada have a new tool, courtesy of Manulife Investments, to aid them in managing their clients' assets and establish investment...

January 28, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's private pension insurer has announced plans to assume responsibility for the pensions of 6,300 workers and retirees of bankrupt JA Jones...

January 28, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The United States Senate has approved the Pension Stability Act, providing a temporary fix to the pension liability calculation dilemma.

January 27, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Former employees of an SBC Communications Inc subsidiary have filed suit against the telecommunications giant and its Cingular Wireless joint venture alleging they...

January 27, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With 77% of employees enrolling for benefits online, the Internet is far and away the favorite medium for workers to make benefits elections.

January 27, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Proxy adviser Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) has named John Connolly the new president and chief executive officer (CEO).

January 14, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fidelity Investments, through its benefits consulting arm, is now pushing the idea of a 401(k)-like account from which to pay health-care expenses

January 27, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Principal Financial Group wants consumers to make more informed health-care decisions, and is rolling out tools to further the cause.

January 27, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - BISYS has released a new platform designed to automate opening Individual Retirement Account (IRA) rollover accounts and facilitate paperless distributions.