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December 29, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Some 56% of executive job seekers think now is a better time to be in the job market than it was a year...

December 29, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A computer glitch at a French pension fund produced letters to more than 100 participants demanding they hand over more than €2 billion...

December 29, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Department of Labor (DoL) has reached a settlement with the president of a Portland firm for alleged misuse of retirement funds.

December 28, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Austrian Airlines has agreed to a $500,000 settlement in an age discrimination lawsuit charging that its former American sales director was retaliated against...

December 28, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Marriott Vacation Club International (MVCI) has notified authorities that backup computer tapes containing data on about 206,000 employees, timeshare owners, and timeshare customers...

December 28, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The New York City Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) and Local 100 of the Transport Workers Union have reached a compromise in contract negotiations,...

December 28, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Signs for the domestic job market are positive going into 2006, according to the latest employment forecast by an Internet recruiting site.

December 28, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - ArvinMeritor, a maker of vehicle exhaust systems, has said it will appeal a federal court order that blocks a January 1 reduction in...

December 27, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Executive recruiting firm Charet & Associates has announced that a majority (70%) of PR and marketing communication professionals who responded to their recent...

December 27, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - After employees at a Cintas Corp plant discovered that union organizers had obtained their home addresses from DMV records of their license plates,...

December 27, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As a result of New York City Mayor Bloomberg's crackdown on underperforming teachers, around four dozen teachers, over age 40, say they are...

December 27, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Not surprisingly, a new forecast of the top workplace issues facing Canadian corporate HR executives in the next year includes a hefty share...

December 22, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The city of Erie, Pennsylvania improperly required all police officer applicants to take a physical ability test even though the test ended up...

December 22, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Global outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc. recently released a list of 2005 Most Unbelievable Workplace Events.

December 22, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Boeing Company employees have lost their legal bid to hold the aerospace giant responsible for racial discrimination.

December 22, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Scotts Miracle-Gro Company's new wellness program includes a mandate for employees to stop smoking or be fired.

December 22, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Visteon Corp is reinstating its company match contributions for its retirement plan, although at a less generous rate than before, the Detroit News...

December 21, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hiring managers only have to shell out as much as 3% extra to attract key 50+-year-old employees, but are likely to get an...

December 21, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - From an examination of Form 5500 annual reports, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) found that 9.4% of pension plans were frozen as...

December 21, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite some grumbling about customer service problems with a federal consumer-directed health plan (CDHP), a new study said the federal employees were generally...