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June 14, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Some 45 million uninsured American adults don't have health insurance, and at least 16 million were underinsured in 2003, according to a new...

June 14, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employees are strongly influenced by fear and insecurity when they make decisions about their health care options, according to new research.

June 14, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - EAP Consultants, Inc., a Marietta, Georgia-based employee assistance firm, is now offering a group of online, interactive self-help programs for a range of...

June 14, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An increasing number of companies with K plans are using automatic enrollment and/or automatic rebalancing, according to a new Hewitt Associates survey.

June 13, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in New Orleans has upheld an October 2004 verdict against E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co for illegally firing a...

June 13, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Larger insurance agencies are now more likely than not to employ a risk management director, a claim specialist, and a loss control specialist,...

June 13, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Defined contribution plan sponsors believe fewer investments options and more financial advice would best serve participants, a new survey found.

June 13, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The growing trend of uninsured immigrants is increasingly taxing the US social services system, new research showed.

June 13, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has cleared the way for the federal agency that enforces workplace discrimination laws to move forward with its age discrimination...

June 9, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers will have to shell out an average $922 extra in 2005 for their workplace family health coverage to fund the unpaid health...

June 9, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Plaza Hotel has agreed to a $525,000 settlement of a lawsuit charging the well-known leisure spot with harassing Muslim and Arab-American employees.

June 9, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of workers compensation injuries continued falling in 2004, according to new research.

June 9, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In another sign that health coverage cost increases are apparently slowing, a new Hewitt Associates survey found that HMO rates will increase approximately...

June 9, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The federal agency charged with enforcing anti-discrimination laws in the workplace is suing an Arizona restaurant chain for firing a manager for conducting...

June 9, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new survey of recent college graduates found that grads are not completely certain that jobs they find will be what they wanted,...

June 8, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Some 13 of 46 job positions suffered a least a slight drop in hourly wages this year over 2004, according to a survey.

June 8, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Workers trying to figure out how much they will need to save for a happy retirement can find the answer by using the...

June 8, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in New York has approved a $2.9 million class-action settlement of a legal battle with a group of Time Warner...

June 7, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Members of the typical working American household will be able to only cover an estimated 59% of projected preretirement income with their retirement...

June 7, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Human resource departments with a more strategic approach are spending more time these days consulting with other business units about achieving corporate goals...