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August 23, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The firms presenting the ten largest claims have accounted for more than half of all claims against the nation's pension insurance system over...

April 8, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Representatives Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) and George Miller (D-California) have introduced legislation designed to "protect employees' pensions from unfair rules."

August 28, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Over the past 14 years benefit costs per hour worked have risen more than 56%, but were largely unchanged as a percentage of total...

August 28, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A US Airways Group stockholder is suing airline executives for approving $45 million in severance benefits to three executives.

August 4, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF), a subsidiary panel of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB), has issued some guidance on FAS 133,...

August 16, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Slumping US equity markets haven't left the nation's public pension funds unscathed.

August 28, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has ordered the owner of a number of Waffle House franchises to pay 125 current and former managers about $2.9...

April 7, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The North Carolina 529 college savings plan has added three investment options.

April 7, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Legg Mason Wood Walker, Inc. has added its name to the list of those offering 529 college savings plans.

April 7, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Member plans in the American Association of Health Plans (AAHP) are being offered a special price on a computer system to help them...

April 7, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Van Global Hedge Fund Index advanced 0.5% net of fees in March according to a preliminary data.

April 7, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Portfolios in high quality municipal bonds, high quality corporate bonds and high-yield bonds continued their winning ways in the first quarter of 2003,...

April 7, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The matching company contribution has long been touted as a significant participation incentive, and a recent survey suggests that cutting back on the...

April 7, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New evidence may soon begin to creep up in employment law cases prohibiting hostile work environments: pornography spam e-mails.

April 7, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Making up for a drop in chief executive officers' (CEO) total compensation, cash payments increased 15% last year.

April 7, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite an uncertain economy, military conflicts, and overall low total growth in employment, more than two-thirds of managers expect their companies to promote...

April 7, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors trying to get up to speed on compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), take heart....

April 7, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Seeing no connection between her duties and her disability, a court ruled against a transfer to an above-ground job for a subway token...

April 7, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - One week from today, all companies that have total health-care spending greater than $5 million must be in full compliance with new privacy...

April 7, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal officials have pulled back proposed regulations governing how employers can prove that a cash balance plan is not discriminatory because of protests...