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January 19, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new study of 400 women professionals by the Simmons School of Management in collaboration with Hewlett-Packard found that most are not "opting...

January 19, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than three quarters (77%) of UK bosses think their companies would benefit from a fixed annual quota of staff dismissals.

January 18, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A simple recognition of a job well done can go a long way in motivating workers, according to a recent survey.

January 18, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new Vanguard Group study supports the notion that retirement these days for many Americans is not a matter of suddenly exchanging employment...

January 18, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Arguing that retirement benefits and wages are increasingly more generous for Canadian public sector employees than private sector employees, the Canadian Federation of...

January 18, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly one in five government workers are unhappy with their jobs, and the same number say they want to leave their job before...

January 17, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal employees generally favor changes to the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) that the board is considering requesting from the new Congress, such as...

January 17, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In spite of additional information security efforts announced last June by officials of the federal employees' Thrift Savings Plan (TSP), in late December...

January 17, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than three-quarters (76%) of U.S. workers report to a Caucasian boss and a third (34%) have a female boss, according to a...

January 17, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Newly released results of a study from Fidelity Investments indicate Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs) are not generally being used as a primary retirement...

January 17, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New employees are being allowed to get up to speed in their company's 401(k) plan more quickly than a year ago, according to...

January 16, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - About 400 workers at a Smithfield Foods Inc. hog slaughtering plant walked out or did not come to work for their first shift...

January 16, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Companies' neglect in tracking employees' time off is costing employers millions of dollars in payroll expenses and employee productivity, according to a recent...

January 16, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite the support of most of its major union groups for a new pension proposal, British Airways Plc cabin crew voted by a...

January 16, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Sixty-six percent of workers say that fatigue has led to lost health-related productivity at work, a cost that a new study estimates to...

January 16, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The demand for business process outsourcing and information technology outsourcing slowed by 13% in the fourth quarter, according to EquaTerra's 4Q06 Outsourcing Pulse...

January 12, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Eleven employees of the Charlotte, North Carolina Department of Transportation have been fired for lying on their applications for withdrawals from their 401(k)...

January 12, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The company council of the British Airline Pilots' Association (BALPA) has unanimously endorsed the proposed changes to the company pension plan - but...

January 12, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Managers at the US Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) have gotten the green light to reimburse employees working outside the workplace for Internet...

January 11, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The latest Spherion Workplace Snapshot survey found the biggest portion of workers who made a voluntary job change in 2006 did so for...