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April 17, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appeals court decision that a grocery store chain must make pension contributions on behalf of those employees that they classified as...

April 17, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Training staff are being replaced by technology at mutual fund giant Janus Capital, which eliminated 45 training positions and moved its training operations...

April 17, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A recent study by the National Bureau of Economic Research found that tax reform measures would have a significant impact on employer-provided insurance...

April 17, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mutual fund companies can now provide plan sponsors with AIMR-compliant reports, and the ability to offer customized performance indices via new software from...

April 5, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Slumping markets and looming liabilities combined to put the squeeze on pension plan funding levels last year, according to PLAN SPONSOR's 2002 Defined...

April 5, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Eleven African American workers, who claim they were victims of racial discrimination, lost their bid to turn their lawsuit against Merck & Co....

May 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The shift to so-called hybrid pension plans by larger employers appears to be slowing - and perhaps responding to different motivations, according to...

March 5, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A man who fought his April 1999 dismissal with allegations that his employer violated a basketful of federal discrimination laws, lost a major...

March 5, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An employee of the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) is entitled to get disability payments for more than two years because her...

May 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A modest uptick in payrolls was not enough to accommodate the hoards of workers entering the labor force in April, sending the unemployment...

May 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new study of UK mutual fund performance shows how badly they were hammered during 2001, with only one out of 1,000 funds...

March 5, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - American Express Financial Advisors Inc. launched two toll-free telephone service phone lines, to streamline the rollover process for job changers and retirees.

March 5, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Supporters of the proposed merger of Hewlett-Packard and Compaq Computer got a much-needed boost from a major proxy advisory firm.

March 5, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While the outcry over CEO pay may have been loud, pay packages for leaders of major US corporations were actually smaller last year...

March 5, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Steel industry retirees, who risk losing their pension, health-care and life insurance benefits following the bankruptcy filings of their former employers, shouldn't expect...

March 5, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new poll by a Republican pollster showed half of those surveyed support Congressional efforts to make it easier for companies to provide...

March 5, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite the continuing Enron controversy, seven out of 10 people who responded to a new poll said they're comfortable with the amount of...

May 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The latest controversy over the level of executive bonuses got ratcheted up a notch as a union group unveiled a Web site as...

May 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Work is hazardous to your health - more so than war, drugs and alcohol, a United Nations report finds.

February 5, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Almost three-quarters of investors, who have worked for a public company, say they've been given stock options or other stock compensation.