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August 25, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A former underwriting vice president at a Rhode Island insurance company didn't lose her right to apply for long-term disability (LTD) benefits by...

August 22, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Sooner or later, most hiring managers are bound to pop "the" question - "Why should I hire you?" But sometimes the answers aren't...

August 22, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A letter to a dozen US senators said Verizon Communications Inc. promised not to lay off workers before October 2004 or relocate jobs...

August 22, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The good news about Wall Street hiring for the remainder of the year is that - for a few more firms than earlier...

August 22, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a California city where most workers are already unionized, a mixed group of unrepresented managers and other employees may be heading down...

August 22, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Principal Financial has been tapped to manage and administer the nation's first "workplace only" 529 college savings program.

August 22, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A worker who distributed a newsletter claiming that his employer was misleading employees about their benefits - and that the benefits department was...

August 22, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A group of retired female power company employees who charged that their pensions were illegally diminished when they were fired during the 1960s...

August 22, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a harshly worded ruling, a federal judge has turned away requests by Kmart executives to toss a participant lawsuit alleging the executives...

August 22, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A former salesman of iron boilers who suffered blindness in one eye isn't entitled to protection under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)...

August 21, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has filed a suit against a kitchen design company, for allegedly firing an Egyptian woman after...

August 21, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Injecting a potential political hot potato into its national union contract talks, the UAW is demanding that several of the nation's automakers cover...

August 21, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - If you need any more proof that health-care spending in the United States has gotten out of control, a study says there is...

August 21, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Homer Simpson, Dagwood Bumstead and Andy Capp might all be fictitious characters, but if they had it their way, Friday would be spent...

August 21, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hubert (Herky) Harris, Jr., chairman of AMVESCAP Retirement, has been tapped to also take on the role of chief executive officer of INVESCO...

August 21, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US job market continued showing signs of regaining its strength with a government report that the number of Americans queuing up for...

August 21, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Relief for Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) filing deadlines in areas affected by August's power blackout and July's severe storms have been issued...

August 21, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Internal Revenue Service (IRS) officials are reconsidering rules issued earlier this year requiring employers to issue 1099 forms for all payments made to...

August 21, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors have a new source to direct participants to for retirement income projections.

August 21, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Safeco Life has unveiled a group supplemental life and health insurance product aimed at smaller companies whose workforces are largely temporary, part-time or...