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May 23, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - One of the key elements of most of the no-more-Enrons inspired legislation still circulating in Washington is a requirement to provide participants with...

August 22, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Apparently nobody remembers the 1994 debacle because it now looks like we might actually have a baseball strike - and who knows? No...

April 10, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Cutting the company match is back (still?) in the headlines again, but with jobs at stake and cost pressures looming, it seems like...

February 21, 2002 - For some, the Enron meltdown proves once and for all the inherent fallacy of privatizing Social Security. Others see the current 'investment' concentration of...

January 9, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Critics say it isn't enough - it will take too long - and it goes to the wrong people (e.g. the so-called "rich")....

June 20, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Some see it as a logical extension of a series of missteps - Waste Management, Sunbeam, Enron. Others as a travesty of justice....

December 19, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Here we are smack dab in the heart of the holiday season - so this week we asked readers: "Are you exchanging gifts...

It's hard for plan sponsors to catch a break in the headlines these days.

September 19, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - This week we asked readers "As an employee, given a choice between having a pension plan OR having a 401(k) plan - which...

August 7, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In the past week two potentially significant court decisions on cash balance plans were handed down by federal courts in Illinois - IBM...

May 31, 2001 - In the wake of Senator Jeffords' decision yesterday we asked if you thought that YOUR senator should have the right to change political affiliations...

November 6, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Last week, the Investment Company Institute (a mutual fund industry trade group) came out with three proposals to help restore confidence to the...

January 31, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - This week we asked readers if there were any pool sheets making the rounds at your place of work…not that YOU would do...

March 6, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) It used to be that the hours were long, but at least when you left work, you left work - at work. But as...

February 6, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - It's a long way from final but the new pension proposals from the Bush administration certainly have stirred things up. This week we...

January 18, 2002 - With apologies to those of you who are weary of the Enron-centricity of the media's coverage of late (goodness knows, Enron seems to be...

We've all had bosses we loved - and bosses we...well, bosses we didn't love so much. This week we asked "Is your current boss your favorite boss? Regardless...

June 28, 2001 - A week from yesterday, most workers in the US will be celebrating Independence Day with a day off work. But, as expected, the mid-week...

This week we asked readers for their "read" on what this year's events might mean for the future, specifically which of several key events did they think would...

October 2, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - You have to credit officials in Springfield, Massachusetts, for thinking outside the box when it comes to dealing with soaring prescription drug costs...