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• 70% of Responding Organizations Provide Retirement or Financial Planning Education to Employees 
• Joel Boone Elected to the International Foundation’s Executive Committee 
• Talent Management Threatens 13-year Reign of Health Care Costs as the Top Benefit Concern for 2007: Deloitte Consulting LLP/ISCEBS Survey 
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• International Foundation Awards Excellence in Apprenticeship Training Award 
• Talent Shortage Emerges as No. 1 Employer Concern 
• 37.5% of Organizations Pay Health Care Expenses For Same-Sex Unmarried Domestic Partners 
• National Employee Benefits Day To Be Celebrated on April 2, 2008 
• Sharon Burns Accepts Senior Vice President Position at the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans 
• International Foundation Announces 2008 Executive Committee 
• New Book Provides Fiduciaries with Guidance When Choosing Professional Advisors 
• Survey Finds Many Employers Are Using Automatic Features in Defined Contribution Plans 
• Half of Canadian Organizations Offer a Defined Contribution Pension Plan 
• 42.8% of Corporations Offer Some Type of Consumer-Driven Health Care Option 
• 401(k) Plans and Ethics for Insurance Agents E-Learning Courses Introduced 
• Nearly Three-Fourths of Employers Offer Retiree Health Benefits, New Survey Reports 
• Ewart “Odie” O’Hara Awarded Canadian Lifetime Volunteer Award 
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• Retirement Online Primer Course for the Canadian Insurance Industry Introduced by International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans 
• Strategy Is Key to Communicating Changes in Employee Benefits 
• Majority of Organizations Use Newsletters to Communicate Information on Employee Benefit Issues 
• National Employee Benefits Day to Feature Free Webcast on Financial Literacy 
• Significant Number of Employers Unaware of Short-Term Disability Benefit Costs 
• New Selection of Employee Benefits and Compensation Books Available 
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• New Survey Finds 69% of Plan Sponsors Require PBMs to Pass Through All Manufacturer Rebates 
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• New Survey Finds 89% of Employers Have a Written Investment Policy Statement 
• International Foundation Awarded Contract from DOL 
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• International Foundation Announces 2007 Executive Committee 
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• Blurred Lines Between Prescription Drug Treatment and Health Care Make Carefully Designed Pharmacy Benefit Plans Essential 
• Certificate in Global Benefits Management Course Offerings Expanded for 2007 
• Survey Shows Some Employers May Be Missing Cost-Saving Opportunity Available Through Medicare Part D 
• Survey Shows Employers Are Rethinking Their Prescription Drug Strategies for 2007 
• New Survey Finds 92% of Employers Offer Flexible Benefit Plans 
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• Survey Shows Nearly All Employers Make an Effort to Accommodate Seriously Ill Employees 
• Your Pension and Your Spouse–The Joint and Survivor Dilemma 
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• SUNY-Empire State College Student is Recipient of Annual Employee Benefits Scholarship 
• New Certificate Course Focuses on Benefits and Compensation in Brazil, Russia, India and China 
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• CEO Wilson Receives ACMPE Harry J. Harwick Award for Lifetime Achievement in Medical Practice Leadership 
• International Foundation Public Employee Board Member Appointed to Social Security Advisory Board 
• SUNY-Albany Graduate Is Recipient of Annual Employee Benefits Conference Scholarship 
• Survey Finds Trustees Completing Advanced Trustees Management Standards (ATMS®) Take Proactive Management Steps to Improve Fund Governance 
• Certified Employee Benefit Specialist (CEBS) Program Accepts Exam Transfer Credit for CHRP 
• New Survey Finds 52% of Organizations Have a Disaster Plan 
• New Pension Course Provides Advanced Knowledge for Canadian Trustees 
• International Society of Certified Employee Benefit Specialists Announces 2006 Officers 
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• International Foundation Honored With Award of Excellence 
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• New Survey Finds 94% of Organizations Offer Education Assistance to Employees 
• Survey Finds 84% of Organizations Subject to FMLA Offer Some Type of Paid Family and Medical Leave 
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• International Foundation Newsletters Honored 
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• New Survey Finds 62% of Employers Offer Wellness Initiatives 
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• New Edition of Trustees Handbook Provides Essential Information for Trustees 
• New Survey Finds 56% of Employers Have a HIPAA Privacy/Security Committee 
• Certified Employee Benefit Specialist (CEBS) Program Accepts Exam Transfer Credit for PHR and SPHR 
• Employee Benefit Specialists Rank Talent Management Among Top Five Priorities in 2005 
• HIPAA Security Rule Online Course Launched by the International Foundation 
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• National Employee Benefits Day Is April 4 
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