A lawsuit brought by fiduciaries of plans sponsored by Severstal Wheeling, alleged that investment manager WPN Corp. and its principal, Ronald LaBow, breeched its obligation under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act to adequately diversify plan assets.

The retail clothing giant announced last week that it is eliminating "on-call" shifts at all of its 799 U.S.-based stores.

Doing an annual survey means a company misses out on important issues that employees confront throughout the year, according to one management expert.

It appears likely that retirees wont see a cost-of-living increase in their Social Security checks come January.