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January 14, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Shortly after the US Department of Labor (DoL) reported that the economy had created a scant 1,000 new non-farm positions in December, a...

January 21, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - European executives are not only closing the pay gap on their US counterparts, but, in many cases getting an even fatter paycheck, according...

January 21, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Lawmakers in Ohio are contemplating a measure that would prevent Ohio from recognizing same-sex marriages and keep some state employees from getting benefits...

January 20, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says Americans looking to save money on prescription medications should look no further than generic versions...

January 20, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Government workers joining the Virginia Retirement System (VRS) after June 30, 2004 will be able to choose a defined contribution (DC) plan as...

January 20, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Most global executives just want to have fun.

January 20, 2004 (PLANSPSONSOR.com) - Canadian plan sponsors are worried that their efforts to educate their defined contribution (DC) plan participants are not going far enough, and that...

January 20, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With workplace security concerns very much on employers' minds these days, the number of companies conducting candidate background checks has skyrocketed in the...

January 20, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Business process outsourcer The BISYS Group has tapped a former executive at ADP to be its president, CEO and a member of the...

January 20, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Terminating an employee for personal use of a corporate credit card may have been pretextual, meant to obfuscate the company's interference with the...

January 14, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - ERISA gives those who put plan fiduciaries into place an obligation to to keep an eye on the work of those they appoint...

January 20, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors and participants are the targets of a new system designed to track and review 401(k) loans.

January 20, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Boston-based DALBAR is out with a participant statement prototype it says can save plan sponsors up to 60% to produce.

January 20, 2004 (PLANSPSONSOR.com) - Two-thirds (66%) of defined contribution plan sponsors are knowledgeable about the current mutual fund scandal and 59% are extremely or very concerned about...

January 16, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Statistical accounting and governance analysis provider Audit Integrity is donating lifetime subscriptions of its service to all US public pension funds.

January 16, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The next time a plan financial advisor comes calling to pitch the plan sponsor's business, that investment counselor may know almost as about...

January 16, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Even though a Hawaii man's injuries requiring an artificial hip operation came about because of injuries suffered in a bar fight on a...

January 16, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In his annual State of the Union address, President Bush is expected to revive a proposal allowing younger workers to invest a portion...

January 16, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Independent directors at the Strong Mutual Funds have turned to a former KPMG partner to be the troubled company's chief compliance watchdog.

January 16, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stock option expensing will only hurt nonmanagement employee grants, as executive stock option awards are likely to remain untouched.