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January 3, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Because workers at Canada's top companies are so much more engaged in their work, those firms can attract the best employees who are...

January 3, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Controlling the cost of health care to employees is the number one benefits priority for 2005, according to the Top Five Total Rewards...

January 3, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California State Compensation Insurance Fund has filed a lawsuit to make sure that workers' compensation insurance adequately covers staff from outsourcing firms.

December 30, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - It's worth it for accounting, finance, and banking professionals to have a professional credential - at least in their paychecks.

December 30, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The average salary increase in 2004 was 3.9%, with this number expected to decrease slightly in 2005 to 3.8%.

December 30, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - NP, JK…TTYL.

December 29, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A California judge has ordered a defunct employee-leasing firm and a related trust company to pay $14.6 million for not submitting enough to...

December 29, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US Airways, hard hit by an employee sickout over the Christmas weekend, has warned employees it would discipline workers who abused the sick...

December 29, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Sick of hearing post-modern office jargon? So are senior executives at some of the nation's largest companies, apparently.

December 29, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - There is a strong correlation between men who refuse to take sick days and coronary problems, according to a new study by Finnish...

December 28, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While some supervisors might assume workers always want to do less work, a new study suggested that might not always be the case.

December 27, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Canadian pensioners will receive a slight boost in their Canada Pension Plan (CPP) benefits, with a 1.7% increase set for 2005.

December 27, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While nearly half of employees in a survey said they were concerned about outliving their retirement savings (49%), almost a third haven't yet...

December 21, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Eighty-one percent of US households are saving enough for retirement, according to a paper by economists working with the National Bureau of Economic...

December 22, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A government task force studying prescription drug importation has concluded that a system of bringing in lower-cost drugs from Canada and other places...

December 22, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Health premiums for Californian workers rose 11.4% in 2004, less than last year's 15.8% but still slightly above the national average.

December 22, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - National Football League players are asking their union to get them lifetime health care benefits in their next contract.

December 22, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Merrill Lynch has won a key UK sex discrimination case brought against it by a former executive, who had accused the investment bank...

December 21, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - 3M Company has intentionally discriminated against employees over age 45 in performance appraisals, training, promotions and pay because it perceives them as not...

December 21, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than 3.2 million people are expected to be enrolled in some form of account-based consumer-directed health (CDH) plan on January 1, according...