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June 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com)-The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has sued an Atlanta church for firing three women after they complained about a church official making repeated sexual advances.

June 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A participant's account balance in a 457-government retirement plan can be held back from the person's bankruptcy estate, a federal judge ruled.

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...

March 6, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - About half of the plans responding to a new survey currently require their company match to be invested in stock, and 72% of...

June 14, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participants in Prudential Retirement Services retirement plans can now access their 401(k), 403(b) and 457 plan information, via Web-enabled cellular phones.

June 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Standard & Poor's has launched a new index for American Depository Receipts (ADRs) that will allow institutional investors to better track performance.

June 14, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fidelity Investments has expanded its stock option offerings to include full plan administration for plan sponsors seeking help managing their employee stock option...

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...

May 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Sentiment seems to be growing in Washington DC that would bar employers from taking out so-called "dead peasant" life insurance policies on workers.