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May 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Companies which publicly discuss their labor practices can be sued if they lie in the process, the California Supreme Court ruled in a...

May 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Researchers at the prestigious London School of Economics (LSE) will kick off a five-year research project into the state of savings rates and...

May 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hewlett-Packard (H-P) retirees will get rebates on H-P products they've purchased and will continue to be eligible for those rebates in the future,...

May 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors at small companies are the target market for a new separate account management product introduced by Evergreen Investments called Evergreen Portfolio...

May 15, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - There appears to be good news and bad news for pension reform in the proposed Senate version, according to a review of the...

May 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - State officials in Massachusetts are bringing their tax laws in line with EGTRRA-changed federal statutes.

March 5, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than half of those looking for jobs in the New York area say workplace diversity is more of an issue in the...

March 5, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Of the Americans who left jobs in 2001, 80% were prompted by a corporate restructuring, merger, or cutback - up from 74% the...

March 5, 2002 - Human resources professionals may be more sensitive to their company's diversity responsibilities than in past years, but women trying for corporate advancement still bump...

May 16, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new patient's bill of rights was formally introduced Tuesday with support from the White House, but it was already drawing fire from...

May 15, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Controversial legislation, endorsed by the White House and aimed at protecting patients while limiting damages awarded by health plans, will be unveiled later...

May 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Sentiment seems to be growing in Washington DC that would bar employers from taking out so-called "dead peasant" life insurance policies on workers.

March 5, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A further sign that the pace of layoffs is abating, planned job cuts were down almost 40% in February, to levels not seen...

May 15, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Corporate secretaries could benefit from the increased flexibility of new rules from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that allow registered transfer agents...

May 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - America's largest accounting firm is going ahead with plans to spin off its consulting practice - but the proceeds could be directed toward...

May 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Seed money for startups continued to dry up in the first quarter of 2002, continuing a trend that began two years ago, a...

May 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participants in retirement plans at Fidelity Investments may soon be able to monitor all of their investments from one Web site - regardless...

May 15, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participants in 401(k) plans with self-directed brokerage options are more likely to want assistance in choosing among investments, a survey of plan participants...

April 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A much ballyhooed agreement brokered by the US Department (DoL) to install new management over Enron's retirement plans is apparently unraveling.

April 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The UK's stakeholder pension program, touted as the solution to the nation's savings shortfall, is failing to live up to the government's expectations,...