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June 19, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Managers worried about bearing the bad news to employees about layoffs, pay cuts or other unhappy events should know - you are better...

June 19, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 13% to 16% projected rise in the cost of health benefit in 2004 is leading more and more plan sponsors to consider...

June 19, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Maine Governor John Baldacci has inked what he described as a "bold and comprehensive" bill to give thousands of Maine residents who lack...

June 19, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Inflows to equity and balanced funds exceeded $20 billion in May, the second month in a row of strong stock market demand.

June 19, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fewer people are being forced to join the queue for those needing first-time jobless benefits, but the number of initial unemployment claims has...

June 18, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Principal Financial Group, has unveiled a new electronic signature feature for 401(k) prototype plan sponsor clients.

June 18, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mutual of Omaha announced today that it has added a Consumer-Driven Health Plan (CDHP) to the company's portfolio of employee benefit coverages.

June 18, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employees whose company has dental insurance coverage from the Principal Life Insurance Company may now have an easier time keeping track of the...

June 18, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Ceridian, a Minneapolis, Minnesota-based HR system provider, is unveiling the new version of its HR Comply online compliance reference tool.

June 18, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Safeco Life & Investments has unveiled new programs designed to offer school district, public, and nonprofit workers a broader range of choices.

June 18, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge says there is evidence to support a 401(k) participant suit against WorldCom officials and recordkeeper Merrill Lynch for breach of...

June 18, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stock mutual funds continued to draw investor attention in May, but at just half the rabid pace in April.

June 18, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Refusing to wear makeup is the reason a female bartender says she was dismissed from a Reno, Nevada casino - and now she...

June 18, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - BISYS Retirement Services has uncorked a new Web-based retirement planning tool designed to help financial services firms and retirement plan sponsors educate individuals...

June 17, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has upheld a benefits denial by a disability plan administrator, saying that a summary plan description (SPD) trumps a plan...

June 17, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An investigation by an independent counsel and auditor have revealed no evidence to support allegations of accounting fraud and employee discrimination made in...

June 17, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - No one could have ever called Frank Kinney Jr. a slacker when he was a New Haven (Connecticut) Superior Court jurist.

June 17, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is petitioning a federal appeals court to reinstate an employment discrimination suit against Southern Company...

June 17, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Job seekers will be able to roll over their 401(k) plan assets into an IRA at the same Web site used to search...

June 17, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers are going to get some help from a new organization to help them cut down on employee waste - er, waists.