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August 9, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - For the third year in a row, New York Governor George Pataki has signed into law bills expanding state benefits for the Empire...

August 8, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has cleared the way for a discrimination lawsuit against Sears, Roebuck & Co. to proceed.

August 8, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department reached a settlement agreement with the State of Delaware in a racial discrimination case.

August 8, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In its appeal of a ruling certifying a sexual discrimination case as a class-action, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. says the complaints of six workers...

August 8, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The city of Albuquerque faces charges of discrimination because a supervisor of female police officers required them to use sick leave after the...

August 5, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 2006 Segal Health Plan Cost Trend Survey forecasts declines in trends for 2006.

August 5, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Women with children suffer when competing for jobs against similarly qualified fathers and childless men and women, according to a pair of Cornell...

August 5, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Former African American managers of Cintas Corp. have filed a class-action suit against the company alleging they were denied promotional opportunities offered to...

August 4, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Regardless of age, investors these days are looking for some help in managing their investments.

August 4, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fidelity's annual study on the state of its 401(k) plans, Building Futures, shows that average participant balances in 2004 were the highest since...

August 4, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Patients trying to resolve a disagreement with their health plan may be able to make use of a new consumer guide to health...

August 4, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An updated report issued by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) says that 84% of respondents who had received a lump sum distribution from...

August 4, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Want to get noticed by a hiring manager staring at a two-foot high stack of resumes? Well, try wearing a tuxedo to your...

August 3, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is suing Lockheed Martin Corp., the Pentagon's largest contractor, for ignoring a black employee's complaints of racial...

August 3, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Clark Consulting's Executive Retirement Report-The Baby Boomer Edition shows that baby boomers mostly invest in large-cap stocks, holding almost 37% of all assets...

August 3, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) found that 55.5% of workers (77 million) use a computer at work as of October 2003.

August 2, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A report issued by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) indicates that 7.4% of the employed (more than 10.3 million) are working as...

August 2, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Health insurance benefits have declined over the last few years as compared with salary or retirement income, according to a new survey.

August 1, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Raytheon Co. has announced that it has expanded its equal employment opportunity policy to include transgender and transsexual employees.

August 1, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The annual WorldatWork Salary Budget Survey reports an actual average salary budget increase of 3.7% in 2005, meeting projections of last year's survey.