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July 12, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - We've been reading lately how some employers are moving to put the business back in business casual - or at least finding themselves...

Last week the Government Accountability Office (GAO) published a 67-page report titled "Conflicts of Interest Involving High Risk or Terminated Plans Pose Enforcement Challenges."

June 28, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A week from yesterday is the Fourth of July - and, unlike many of our national holidays, you can't really in good conscience...

With all the tact of a law professor dressing down a first-year student, U.S. District Judge John Shabaz of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of...

June 21, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Let's face it - no matter how much people try to rationalize it, gas prices appear to have lost connection with sanity, if...

June 14, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Sunday is Father's Day - and while every Dad has his own special set of qualities that make him unique and special -...

June 7, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Whether it's the omnipresent headlines about global warming, the soaring prices at the pump, or just a general desire to do the "right"...

May 31, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - One of the most common defined contribution plan metrics of success is the level of participation in the plan, and for good reason.

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?