Employers Shift Health Care Reform Fight to ...       November 10, 2009
News: The group Employers for a Healthy Economy, which is made up of 11 employer associations including small-business groups and the US Chamber of Commerce, spearheaded a $10 million, 19-state media blitz the week before the House vote. Though ...
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US and UK Pension Agencies to Share Information       November 6, 2009
News: The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. will share non-confidential information on defined-benefit plans with the United Kingdom's Pensions Regulator and Pension Protection Fund.
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Survey Finds Service Requirements for Joining 401 ...       November 5, 2009
News: The survey of 300 midsize to large employers found that 74 percent of 401(k) plans do not have a service requirement, up from 61 percent in a comparable survey conducted in 2007.
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Drastic 401(k) Reform Unlikely, Expert Says       November 3, 2009
News: Within the past year or so, a major overhaul of the 401(k) system has seemed quite possible. But such calls have not won over the bulk of Democratic lawmakers or President Obama, a legal expert says.
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Benefits Becoming Crucial in Recruiting Contingent ...       November 3, 2009
Feature: Many staffing firms are offering health insurance as well as an array of benefits because they recognize that it is a great recruiting tool. It is also a way to attract and retain workers. (11/3/2009)
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Public Option Back at Center Stage as Health Care ...       November 2, 2009
News: After months of work, House Democratic leaders last week finished cobbling together a 1,900-page reform bill, pulling provisions from measures that three House committees passed this summer while amending, dropping and adding others, ...
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Report Links Pension Obligations to Layoffs       October 30, 2009
News: Companies and business groups are telling lawmakers that the stepped-up pension funding is coming at the worst possible time--in the middle of a severe economic downturn.
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What Health Care Reform Really Needs: Effective ...       October 30, 2009
Feature: Commentary: Reform measures, as they are currently written, fail to address the core problems with the nation's health care system: the growing prevalence and severity of chronic conditions that consume the majority of health care ...
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SEC Will Begin Scrutinize Risks Related to Retireme ...       October 29, 2009
News: Responsibility for identifying potential risks related to investing in those products will fall primarily on the SEC's newly formed division of risk, strategy and financial innovation.
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