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Worker Group Sues DoL Over Employee Names

January 19, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The ongoing battle between the US Labor Department and a workers' rights group over getting employees back pay awards has now moved into...
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The Argument for Terminating Public DB Plans

January 18, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Reason Foundation, in its June 2005 study "The Gathering Pension Storm", recommended terminating defined benefit plans for public employees, arguing that policymakers...
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Alcoa Drops DB Plan for New Hires

January 17, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Aluminum manufacturing giant Alcoa on Monday joined a parade of companies retreating from their defined benefit pensions with word that new hires after...
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Firing Employees a Harrowing Experience

January 13, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - About 40% of senior manager respondents to a recent survey said they felt their health and family life had suffered as a result...
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Northwest Pilots OK DB Plan Freeze

January 12, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As Northwest Airlines continues its efforts to emerge from US Bankruptcy Court protection, the carrier's pilots have agreed overwhelmingly with a proposal to...
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Study Pinpoints Five Retirement Stages

January 11, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new study asserted that people go through predictable and identifiable stages centering around their retirement similar to those experienced in other major...