August 4, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Automatic enrollment - or at least talking about automatic enrollment - seems to be all the rage these days. Recent studies seem to...
July 28, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - House Democrats certainly gave plan sponsors (and service providers) a lot to digest yesterday - employer tax credits (at least for those not...
July 7, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - One of the more effective ways to help participants better understand their retirement savings program is to offer in-person meetings to explain the...
July 31, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The results and rationale of the recent Supreme Court decision in the Texas sodomy case, the recent legalization of same-sex marriages in Toronto,...
June 23, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As I travel around, I am frequently asked, "So, do you golf?" More than an ice-breaker question, it is generally offered as a...
January 29, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - For a change the game may actually have been better than the commercials; still, there WERE some good ones, and this week we...
April 21, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Union rolls have long been on the decline (until last year), but these are trying times - and perhaps time for a new...
April 14, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Last week we reported on the 2005 Retirement Confidence Survey released by the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI), and its findings regarding what...
March 24, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - I don't know about your workplace, but between conferences, speaking engagements, and some good old-fashioned vacation time, we've had a number of extended...
March 17, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While the notion of the new Roth 401(k) is still new - and perhaps ill-formed at present - this week we asked readers...
March 10, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Workplace romances/affairs are back in the headlines - and this week we asked readers if their company had a policy on workplace dating.
February 17, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A couple of weeks ago we covered the experience of Weyco Inc., a medical-benefits administration company in Okemos, Michigan, that chose to impose...
June 26, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Earlier this week the Supreme Court narrowly approved the University of Michigan's interest in promoting diversity in its law school, and the majority...
February 4, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Whether or not one ever turns on a football game during the regular season, one can hardly overlook the reality that this weekend...
January 20, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - One of the "buzz" topics from last week's "Plugged In" webinar was the upcoming requirement that plans be ready to accommodate the so-called...
January 13, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Earlier this week the Bush Administration's proposed changes to shore up the security of the private pension system with a series of changes...
September 25, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Seems as though there is a burgeoning lists of best workplaces - yesterday working mother's got their list of best companies, the AARP...
December 22, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - This is the time of year one really wants to write about things like peace, joy, hope, and the brighter prospects for the...
December 9, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Let's face it - defined benefit pension plans are expensive, introduce an unwelcome volatility to corporate financial statements, all too frequently generate negative...