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May 24, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - It may have snuck up on you, but Monday is Memorial Day, traditionally viewed as the beginning of the summer vacation season, in...

Plan sponsors who think the Pension Protection Act's automatic enrollment safe harbor represents an easy solution to disappointing participation rates may have another "think" coming, according to the...

May 17, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - One of the options noticeably absent from the Department of Labor's qualified default investment alternative (QDIA) proposed regulations was a stable value and/or...

May 11, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Yesterday's survey on Mommy-isms also had a bonus question on what Mom(s) will be getting for Mother's Day.

May 10, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - I have long been persuaded that mothers play a critical role in maintaining the continuity of the human experience by reminding us, often...

May 3, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Those interested in the Roth 401(k) had a lot to chew on this week.

Last week, I stumbled across another of those "DC plans are becoming like DB plans" articles—you know, the "DB-ification" of 401(k)s?

April 26, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - OK, it's Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day - the 15th annual one, in fact.

April 19, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Next week is Administrative Professionals Week - and a week from today is Administrative Professionals Day (once upon a time called Secretary's Day).

Last week's Friday edition had a link to an interesting little red button - and, at the behest of several readers, I asked readers what, if anything, they...

Sooner or later in your career, you are exposed to the 80/20 rule or, as purists term it, the Pareto principle.

April 12, 2007(PLANSPONSOR.com) - This week, I asked readers, When you're out unexpectedly, who do you tell - and how?

When Fidelity announced recently that it was dropping its pension plan, it drew my attention.

April 5, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - We have NewsDash readers around the world, and with job responsibilities that are just as varied.

March 29, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Let's face it, the best way to deal with a boring meeting is to avoid it in the first place.

For now we see through a glass, darkly.

March 15, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - I don't know about your workplace, but my experience suggests that this past Monday morning, copies of the NCAA men's college basketball grid...

Those of you who find Fidelity's updated research results a bit "rosy" compared with other projections may recall comparable results from their readiness index a year ago.

March 8, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Earlier this week, the House Education and Labor Committee held hearings on what appears to be the topic de jour - 401(k) fees.

It's an undisputed fact that the vast majority of retirement plan participants never rebalance their accounts.