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World Bank Reports New Facts on Gender Gap

September 19, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The World Bank’s latest World Development Report shows women represent 40% of the world’s labor workforce, but only hold 1% of the world’s...
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Employees Underutilizing FSAs

September 19, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An upcoming $2,500 limit on the contribution amount for medical Flexible Spending Accounts likely won't impact many Americans, according to recent results from...
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Men Continue to Outpace Women in Earnings

September 16, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – According to a fact sheet from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR), the closing of the wage gap between men and women...
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NCPERS Proposes New Type of Retirement Plan

September 16, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hank Kim, Esq., Executive Director and Counsel for the National Conference on Public Employee Retirement Systems (NCPERS), has unveiled a proposal for a...
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More Employers Offering Dental Benefits

September 15, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More employers are offering separate dental plans than ever before, according to the National Association of Dental (NADP) Plans 2011 Group Purchaser Behavior...
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Most Telecommuters Actually Work When Home

September 15, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – New results from a CareerBuilder survey on telecommuting show nearly one-in-five (17%) of Americans who telecommute at least part of the time spend...
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Walgreens Fires Diabetic for Eating a Bag of Chips

September 15, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has charged in a lawsuit that drugstore giant Walgreens violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by firing a...