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Today the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in AT&T v. Hulteen, a case that will address how employers should factor maternity leave into calculating years of service for pension benefits.

The Employee Benefit Research Institute is all too modest. Not wanting to toot their own horn, we'll do it for them! This week, EBRI, dedicated to the development of sound employee benefit programs and public policy through nonpartisan research and education, celebrated its 30th anniversary.

The House last night passed legislation that would temporarily suspend the tax on seniors who fail to take a required minimum distribution from their retirement accounts at age 70 1/2. Under the bill, seniors would not have to tap retirement assets during 2009.

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Fidelity and American Express have teamed up to create a rewards credit card that allows customers to transfer purchase rewards to their IRAs, reports EBN sister publication Money Management Executive. The card allows investors to earn two cents for each dollar spent on retail purchases and roll these...

Survey results from the Employee Assistance Society of North America show an 88.2% increase in calls to EAPs for financial services. In addition, requests for help coping with stress were up 82.4%, and calls for legal services were up 41.2%.

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On Jan. 1, Alberta, Canada will eliminate its annual premiums for individuals and families for all of 2009. Employers who have paid their employees´ premiums can reinvest the savings in other employee benefits or compensation programs, or they can choose to hold on to the savings. The move is being...

This past Thanksgiving, it seems DB plan sponsors were just thankful to get through November. New analysis from Mercer shows that pension plans sponsored by the largest U.S. companies suffered their second consecutive month of record losses, with their funded status falling by more than $130 billion in...