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April 3, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The United States House of Representatives Education and the Workforce subcommittee on Workforce Protections, has approved the Family Time Flexibility Act.

March 4, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In the ongoing search for a new interest rate to use for pension calculations, Congress should consider a number of suggested alternatives or...

April 3, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers interested in a new approach to dealing with disability absences might want to consider a new disability product from MetLife.

March 4, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The postage rate increase threat has been raised to orange in the past several weeks, because of Congress' refusal to back legislation allowing...

April 3, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - JPMorgan Investor Services has launched a corporate-actions processing tool designed to decrease operational risk and promote a straight-through processing environment.

March 4, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The financially ailing parent of United Airlines announced that a decade of employee control might fade into history within a few weeks following...

April 3, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Vanguard Group plans to change the benchmarks for seven of its funds, switching to seven newly developed Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI)...

March 28, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - IBM again urges shareholders to vote against proxy proposals related to its pension and retirement medical plans at its annual meeting.

April 3, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Synhrgy HR Technologies announces a Web-based healthcare decision support calculator to help employees determine which plan is best for them.

March 28, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The investment returns of the nation's largest pension plans were roughly half that of their smaller cousins in 2000, with an average return...

April 3, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors will soon be able to get some help in fulfilling their fiduciary obligations, courtesy of a new program from The Hartford...

March 28, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Only 16% of 401(k) participants have access to investment advice through their employer, according to a new study, and less than half of...

February 4, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hedge fund manager David Webb has set up a Cleveland-based hedge fund company that will specialize in buying and selling equities.

April 2, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The United States Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that states can force health maintenance organizations (HMO) to let "any willing provider" into a...

April 2, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The transfer of IRA assets to an ERISA qualified profit-sharing plan immediately prior to a bankruptcy filing was not a fraudulent act and...

April 2, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Three out of four small and mid-sized businesses are either worried or very worried about workplace accidents.

April 2, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Six out of 10 information technology (IT) managers indicate that IT compensation consumes 25% to 50% of their budgets, even though IT budgets...

February 4, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A multiemployer defined benefit pension plan did not illegally cut back on retiree benefits when it dropped a cost-of-living-adjustment (COLA) after the retirement...

April 2, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mellon Financial Corporation has named a new director in its Human Resources Services sector.

February 4, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) announced within the next few months, an advisory opinion clarifying the definition of "ancillary service" will be...