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October 28, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Southland Benefits Solutions, LLC announced it has acquired Health Partners America, LLC, (HPA). 

October 28, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – According to a new study by Unum, benefits matter to employees now more than ever.  

October 28, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) –According to a new study, 28% of young Americans delay saving for retirement due to economic factors.  

October 28, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Technology and alternative work strategies free people to work anywhere; however, a new study finds the majority of employees are still choosing to...

October 28, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -  ICI’s latest study of 401(k) savers’ actions, based on defined contribution (DC) plan recordkeeper data, shows 401(k) savers’ are continuing to have faith...

October 28, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – VALIC has been retained as a plan provider for the Mississippi Optional Retirement Plan (ORP).

October 28, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Three pension funds operated by the Archdiocese of Milwaukee for priests, lay employees, and unionized cemetery workers have unfunded liabilities totaling $41.8 million,...

October 28, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – New reports show a disconnect between what nonprofits provide to their workers and what employee’s say is essential to their job satisfaction.

October 27, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration has released a Securities and Exchange Commission staff no-action letter relating to EBSA’s participant-level...

October 27, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – California Governor Jerry Brown proposed a hybrid pension system for new California state workers, reports the Associated Press. 

October 27, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employee loyalty is dropping around the world, according to a new global analysis of Mercer’s What’s Working survey.

October 27, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – On Wednesday a Florida judge challenged the state’s defense of a new law that requires public employees to contribute 3% of their pay...

October 27, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The funded status for most pension plans is anticipated to drop significantly and plan sponsors face sharply higher contributions for 2011, according to...

October 27, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – New York City officials announced a plan that will put a chief investment officer in charge of its $120 billion in pensions funds,...

October 27, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Prudential Retirement has expanded the investment management alternatives for its guaranteed lifetime income solution, Prudential IncomeFlex Target, to include the investment management expertise...

October 27 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hilton Reservations Worldwide LLC has agreed to pay $715,507 in minimum and overtime back wages to 2,645 current and former customer service employees. 

October 27, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Telecommunications giant AT&T has agreed to cease discriminatory policies to settle an age discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...

October 27, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – What makes a job frightening? With Halloween right around the corner, American workers voted on the scariest professions in a nationwide survey by...

October 27, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - After two years of increasing inflation in health benefit plan costs, Canadian employers can now expect a break, according to a survey released...

October 27, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers of foreign workers in China face marginally higher employment costs following confirmation from the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security that...