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November 28, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), in a long-running battle with Chicago law firm Sidley Austin, is now trying to fight the firm's...

November 28, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A former IBM employee fired over his use of Internet chat rooms while at work has sued the computermaker over allegations his chat...

November 28, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A recent CareerBuilder.com survey found 32% of workers polled called in sick at least once when they felt well during 2006, down from...

November 22, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A national health research group has released a new guide designed to help employers improve the health of their employees and their families...

November 28, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Seventy-three percent of plan participants surveyed said they are not overly confident in their investing abilities, according to The Scarborough Group, provider of...

November 28, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A recent survey from the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) found that more employers plan to close their offices the day after...

November 27, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - JPMorgan Chase & Co., the third-biggest US bank, has agreed to a $2.2 million settlement of a government lawsuit charging its Bank One...

November 22, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly nine in 10 small and medium-sized businesses in a recent survey pointed to rising health care coverage expenses as their firm's biggest...

November 22, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Forty-six percent of retail employees responding to a survey sponsored by Kronos Incorporated said they may walk off the job this holiday season.

November 21, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Just over a third of chief executives of fast-growing private companies polled in a recent survey listed increasing health care and pension costs...

November 20, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than 80% of executives say that the pace of change is speeding up in organizations all over the world, and seven out...

November 20, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers renewing their workplace policies continue to face rising costs, but larger companies are dealing with lower rate hikes than their smaller counterparts,...

November 20, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new report from Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA) shows the largest professional employer organizations (PEOs) are gaining a competitive advantage over their counterparts...

November 20, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With annual cost hikes slowing on an average per-employee total health cost basis and fewer employers cost-shifting to their workers, organizations will need...

November 20, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Baby Boomers may not have been the best role models when it comes to retirement savings, and the overwhelming majority recognizes that and...

November 20, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Average starting salaries for legal professionals in the United States are projected to rise 4.7% in 2007, according to a new study by...

November 20, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A continuing shortage of nurses and growing shortage of physicians has meant emergency department staff salaries are surging while compensation for emergency department...

November 20, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The highest-paid executives in America have received a 48.2% increase in their average annual cash bonus and were paid 31.2% more total cash...

November 17, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Many Americans who are caregivers for ailing family or friends frequently have to pay for it by tapping their retirement savings, according to...

November 17, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new Mercer Human Resource Consulting survey in the UK has found a growing sense of awareness by executives that they need to...