Voices

July 15, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR (b)lines) - A plan adviser asks: "Will the 403(b) rule changes begin January 1, 2009, for sponsors who have a plan year end other...

July 15, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR ((b)lines) - Moscow citizens are Mosquitoes? Janitors are a main cause of dust?

July 10, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As the temperatures rise, people's notions of "acceptable" workplace attire do tend to fluctuate.

Over the past several years, it has become "fashionable" in some quarters to bash the workplace retirement savings plan; most frequently, the 401(k).

July 1, 2008 ((b)lines) - First, the new 403(b) regulations. Now, expect to see the IRS at your door with a stepped up audit program to ensure compliance.

July 1, 2008 ((b)lines) - A plan administrator states: "We administer a 403(b)(9) plan for our national church body, and we currently have about 2,500 churches and schools...

This coming Friday, the nation will, in large part, set aside its normal business for a three-day weekend filled with cookouts and fireworks displays, as we commemorate the...

June 26, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Next week the nation will celebrate its birthday on the Fourth of July (the one federal holiday that really can't be moved to...

Having just spent most of the past week in Chicago at our annual Plan Designs conference (bigger and better than ever, I might add!), my head is still...

June 17, 2008 ((b)lines) - A 403(b) plan adviser asks: "If a small 501(c)(3) organization serves as a conduit for its employees to contribute to a 403(b), is...

June 17, 2008 ((b)lines) - Final 403(b) regulations effective January 1, 2009, expand on and clarify contribution limits in the current regulations.

My dad has been on my mind a lot of late—for no particular reason that I've been able to identify.

June 12, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - One doesn't hear it so much on television sitcoms these days (most of the fathers seem likeable, but terribly inept), but once upon...

June 11, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Last week, I asked readers to look back on their high school experiences.

Last month, the Connecticut legislature didn't get around to voting on a bill that would have effectively set up a state-sponsored 401(k) plan for small businesses.

June 5, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With three teenagers running around the house, from time to time I am reminded of both the fun - and the travails -...

Recently AARP published a report on how economic worries are impacting Americans.

May 30, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With the rising cost of fuel - and, for many, the cost of getting to work - I asked readers what, if anything,...

May 29, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Truth be told (and why would I lie), I've never been very "good" about taking vacations.

I spent some of my precious three-day weekend perusing Teresa Ghilarducci's When I'm Sixty-Four, an intriguing title for a book about pensions-or, as the subtitle suggests, "The Plot...