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June 10, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The percentage of employers with a 401(k) plan at Charles Schwab offering a match fell from 78% in 2007 to 70% last year,...

June 10, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Companies taking government bailout funds have apparently been spared having to comply with government-imposed salary caps, but may still have to face congressionally...

June 10, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly three-quarters of job seekers in the financial services sector are confident that they will be employed by the end of 2009, according...

June 10, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Approximately two in five employers (41%) do not have a human resources policy in place for health-related emergencies, although many acknowledge they have...

June 10, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employer costs for employee compensation averaged $29.39 per hour worked in March 2009, the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics reported.

June 10, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Washington Post is reporting that President Obama could execute a dramatic policy reversal from the presidential campaign and come out in favor...

June 10, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Administration officials have suggested legislation to give shareholders and federal securities regulators more of a say on executive compensation at publicly traded companies.

June 10, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The results of Fidelity Investments' second Couples Retirement Study, first fielded in 2007, show that despite two years of unprecedented economic and financial...

June 10, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Newly released data from the Investment Company Institute (ICI) indicates that 65% of total U.S. retirement assets during 2008 were held in employer-sponsored...

June 10, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Senate Democrats have unveiled a U.S. health care reform plan that calls for sweeping insurance market reforms and prohibits insurers from denying coverage...

June 10, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) has taken over the underfunded pension plan covering about 8,400 employees and retirees of Milacron Inc., a...

June 10, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Research from HSBC finds that Americans accept personal responsibility for funding their own retirement, but feel the government can help.

June 10, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Great-West Retirement Services announced today that it has notified the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) of its intent to sponsor a 403(b) prototype plan...

June 10, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Principal Financial Group has unveiled an online, user-friendly tool to help retirement plan sponsors comply with the new rules for reporting fair...

June 10, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mercer and Putnam Investments announced Wednesday that Mercer will now provide all plan services for existing Taft-Harley clients that had been serviced by...

June 9, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Colorado Governor Bill Ritter has signed into law a bill that would impose steep penalties for employers who misclassify employees as independent contractors.

June 9, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Public and private sector defined benefit plans share some concerns, but also diverge on a number of issues, according to a new report.

June 9, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal appellate judges handed employers a significant legal victory by limiting the rights of employees to sue over retaliation to those directly involved...

June 9, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Defined contribution balances continued to slip in the first quarter, but at a slower pace.

June 9, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The deadline for comments on the Internal Revenue Service's proposal for a 403(b) plan document prototype program was June 1, and trade groups...