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March 22, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) settled a racial harassment lawsuit against Commercial Coating Service Inc. for more than $1 million on behalf...

March 22, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) settled a racial harassment lawsuit against Commercial Coating Service Inc. for more than $1 million on behalf...

March 22, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A British teacher is suing her former employer for unfair dismissal, saying, among other things, that her 'flatulating' chair made classroom life miserable.

March 22, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A dancer is suing the owners and producers of the Broadway musical "Movin' Out" for more than $100 million in damages on grounds...

March 22, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Twenty-three percent of workers who use a computer at work admit to having searched for a new job using their companies' time and...

March 22, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Unisys Corporation announced that it will cease accruals to its US defined benefit pension plans effective December 31, 2006, and will close the...

March 21, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A recent survey from Watson Wyatt Worldwide shows that multi-national companies from all over the world are taking steps to prepare for a...

March 21, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Although the number of employment background checks performed in 2005 by ADP Employer Services was up 12% over the year, inconsistencies between an...

March 21, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Asked "When you go to work sick, what is your main reason," 32% of respondents to a LifeCare Inc. poll said it is...

March 20, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Cleveland, Ohio-based Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc. has announced new hires for its US company as of January 1, 2006 will be covered under...

March 20, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) officials halted online account transactions briefly last week after participants reported receiving a suspicious e-mail.

March 20, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - WellPoint Inc. has frozen its defined benefit pension plan for most of its employees and beefed up its 401(k) offering, following a growing...

March 17, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - San Diego City Attorney Michael Aguirre has asked a California judge to invalidate pension benefits granted in 1996 and 2002.

March 17, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Almost two-thirds (63%) of employers in a recent survey said they have not yet decided about how to handle their retiree benefit programs...

March 16, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A growing number of US employers are implementing consumer-driven health plans (CDHP) to help control rising costs, according to a study from Watson...

March 15, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The network administrator at your office may be especially jolly on Friday as will your post office delivery person.

March 15, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In its continued effort to reduce health care costs, Ford Motor Company has announced it will charge for health insurance and dental coverage...

March 14, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A third of US companies participating in the regular Manpower hiring survey indicated that they plan to add staff in the second quarter...

March 14, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly half of American workers say their employer takes their annual performance reviews seriously, a new poll found.

March 14, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employer costs for employee compensation averaged $26.46 per hour worked in December 2005, the US Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)...