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June 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service has given plan sponsors some additional guidance on the new required minimum distribution rules with the publication of model...

June 27, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Representative John Boehner (R-OH) has introduced three bills designed to modernize ERISA, most notably the area of participant advice.

June 15, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An ordinance requiring companies contracting with the city of San Francisco to provide the same benefits for domestic partners as they do for...

March 6, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A fund company said employers are dumping low-balance 401(k) accounts ahead of the adoption by the Department of Labor of a tax code...

May 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Seed money for startups continued to dry up in the first quarter of 2002, continuing a trend that began two years ago, a...

May 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participants in retirement plans at Fidelity Investments may soon be able to monitor all of their investments from one Web site - regardless...

May 15, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participants in 401(k) plans with self-directed brokerage options are more likely to want assistance in choosing among investments, a survey of plan participants...

May 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Corporate executives looking for more impact from their human resources operations on their bottom lines may now have a better way to measure...

May 15, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Institutional investors could begin trading in single-stock futures before Labor Day, through a joint venture of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and the Chicago...

May 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Companies which publicly discuss their labor practices can be sued if they lie in the process, the California Supreme Court ruled in a...

May 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Researchers at the prestigious London School of Economics (LSE) will kick off a five-year research project into the state of savings rates and...

May 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hewlett-Packard (H-P) retirees will get rebates on H-P products they've purchased and will continue to be eligible for those rebates in the future,...

May 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors at small companies are the target market for a new separate account management product introduced by Evergreen Investments called Evergreen Portfolio...

May 15, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - There appears to be good news and bad news for pension reform in the proposed Senate version, according to a review of the...

May 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - State officials in Massachusetts are bringing their tax laws in line with EGTRRA-changed federal statutes.

March 5, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than half of those looking for jobs in the New York area say workplace diversity is more of an issue in the...

March 5, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Of the Americans who left jobs in 2001, 80% were prompted by a corporate restructuring, merger, or cutback - up from 74% the...

March 5, 2002 - Human resources professionals may be more sensitive to their company's diversity responsibilities than in past years, but women trying for corporate advancement still bump...

May 16, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new patient's bill of rights was formally introduced Tuesday with support from the White House, but it was already drawing fire from...

May 15, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Controversial legislation, endorsed by the White House and aimed at protecting patients while limiting damages awarded by health plans, will be unveiled later...