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April 9, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Canada's chief federal pension regulator has denied ordering Air Canada to immediately make up its estimated US$845-million pension shortfall (CAN$1.3 billion) and that...

April 9, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Six out of 10 professional risk managers have some degree of doubt that the Sarbanes-Oxley Act will significantly reduce corporate malfeasance.

April 9, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than one-third of the companies polled report they are not sufficiently prepared to protect top revenue sources and have room for improvement.

April 9, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - CI Fund Management has approved an amendment to the company's Employee Incentive Stock Option Plan allowing employees to elect cash from the company...

September 4, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Just as economists were hoping the US job market was finally beginning to firm up, the latest government report on first-time jobless benefit...

September 4, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While Canadian employers are at a consensus that regular employee benefit communication is important, many have not yet implemented an effective communiqué program.

September 4, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new sweeping California law requiring companies to either offer employee health coverage or contribute to a statewide insurance pool could be derailed...

September 4, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Durham County North Carolina has just become the latest member of the ever-expanding group of government entities offering same-sex domestic partner benefits.

September 4, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Following the lead set by employers throughout the country, New York state employers are cutting benefits and putting more of the cost of...

September 3, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Human Resource professionals have a new method of communicating the value of pay and benefits programs to employees from Authoria Inc.

September 3, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors have not given up on 401(k) participation yet, as many lure participants with a new siren's song of improved diversification, retained...

March 21, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - PayMaxx, Inc., a payroll processing company, has partnered with Fast401k, to offer PayMaxx clients an online 401(k) product.

March 21, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors who are clients of Nationwide Financial Services' The BEST OF AMERICA retirement program will soon be able to provide participants an...

March 21, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mackenzie Financial Corporation launched the Mackenzie Managed Return Capital Class Fund, a bond fund substitute that offers returns with lower taxes for Canadian...

March 21, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal labor officials have filed suit against the president of a New York City-based union for allegedly improperly cashing union health plan checks...

March 21, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than 100 current and former Xerox employees in four states have complained to federal anti-discrimination officials that they are racial and gender...

March 21, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Senate Republicans moved to shut down committee votes yesterday in retaliation for the rejection of a federal appeals court nominee. That temporarily delayed...

September 3, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Church-sponsored pension plans would be able to invest in collective trusts under a bill set for a vote in the US House of...

March 21, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Responding to the Enron debacle, which saw many employees losing their retirement savings through investments in Enron stock, a Senate committee passed legislation...

September 3, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Kentucky public library's firing of a female employee for wearing a necklace with a cross pendant to work has been found unconstitutional.