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April 4, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Minnesota state House of Representatives and Senate have passed a compromise bill approving state labor contracts for nearly 50,000 employees with gay...

April 16, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com)-Research by the Employee Benefits Research Institute (EBRI) shows that while Social Security's funding has improved since 1997, it could be affected by the recent...

April 4, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The struggling US job market shed a much higher than expected 108,000 nonfarm jobs in March in a continuing sign that the economy...

April 16, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Faced with a faltering steel industry, lawmakers are drafting legislation proposals aimed at financing the costs of health insurance for steel workers and...

April 4, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - CNA has pulled back the curtain on a new small business medical benefits package.

April 16, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A group of former LTV Steel Corporation employees have set up a company to offer health and other benefits to former workers and...

April 16, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Companies haven't eliminated cash bonuses to employees for helping recruit new talent, results of a survey reveal.

April 16, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge lifted an order preventing former employees of RogersCasey Inc. from soliciting business from RogersCasey clients, but added several new prohibitions.

April 16, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS), a longtime corporate governance champion, is debating joining a wing of the post-Enron accounting reform campaign...

April 3, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Major US stock markets have been buffeted by sentiments about the progress of the war with Iraq, but participants appear to be taking...

March 28, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Senator John Breaux (D-La.) has offered a bill that would force the Labor Department to adopt a new ergonomics standard within two years,...

April 3, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Reversing a three week downward trend, the number of new US jobless jumped to 445,000, representing its highest level in almost a year.

March 4, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors and 401(k) providers alike now have access to a new tool designed to help them navigate the occasionally treacherous waters of...

April 3, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite - or perhaps as a result of - volatile markets, the hedge fund industry expanded by 5% in 2002, according to a...

March 4, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participants in 401(k) plans at a Memphis bank company should have an easier time finding what they need on the company's Web site.

April 3, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -The winning streak that began for high-yield bond funds late last year continued into the first three months of 2003 as investors poured nearly...

March 4, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Sponsors of government 401(a) and 403(b) plans at the Hartford Financial Services Group, will now be able to give out customized enrollment books...

April 3, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Resurgent markets drew participant holdings in self-directed accounts to equity holdings in the fourth quarter, according to Charles Schwab Corporate Services' fourth quarter...

March 4, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An employer's failure to ensure an employee received an updated copy of their life insurance plan summary has resulted in a $62,250 judgment...

April 3, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than seven out of 10 Americans (73%) said their employers have not yet notified them of their privacy rights under the Health...