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July 23, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fed up with the increasing cost for prescription drugs, Boston Mayor Thomas Menino kicked off a Canadian drug reimportation program for the city's...

July 22, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Aon Corporation is outsourcing the majority of its US information technology infrastructure to Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC).

July 22, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case that could expand the boundaries of workplace speech that could be considered sexual...

July 22, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of workers testing positive for drug use has remained steady of the past few years, even though more workers are turning...

July 22, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Chief financial officers (CFOs) don't want to have too much of a good thing.

July 20, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Large companies embroiled in the early stages of their health maintenance organization (HMO) renewal contracts are seeing projected rate increases for 2005 lower...

July 20, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com)-Dental plans seem to have avoided the large increases in costs that have been the norm in medical and prescription drug plans in the previous...

July 20, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In another indication of workers' interest in maintaining a work-home life balance, a third of chief financial officers (CFOs) in a new poll...

July 19, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A plan participant is seeking class action status for a company stock investment-based suit, for losses incurred in a fund in which participants...

July 19, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Apparently the notion of a Health Savings Account is appealing to consumers, as well as employers, according to a new survey.

July 19, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More plan sponsors are selecting life cycle mutual funds as their employee 401(k) plans' default investment option, seeing these investments as appropriate investment...

July 19, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors looking for more regulatory guidance on Health Savings Accounts (HSA) may soon get their wish.

July 15, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As in much of the nation, employers in Washington state have experience with continued health-care cost increases and have responded by decreasing some...

July 15, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - BJ's Wholesale Club Inc. has reached a settlement with the Department of Labor (DoL) over allegations the Natick, Massachusetts-based retailers improperly classified workers...

July 15, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Qwest Communications International Inc. retirees have filed a federal lawsuit against the Department of Labor (DoL) seeking details about an audit of the...

July 15, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of jobless managers and executives willing to move to a new town to find work took a dramatic leap during the...

July 15, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - State governments are looking beyond their borders and the borders of the United States for firms to fulfill state contracts.

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July 13, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More companies are seeing their employees' email conversation wind up in the courtroom, yet many employers remain largely unprepared to manage e-mail and...

July 14, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A study by the Economic Policy Institute says the Department of Labor's (DoL) changes to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) will remove...