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March 9, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Seattle Mayor Gregory Nickels has issued an executive order acknowledging the validity of marriages regardless of the sex of the individuals for purposes...

March 9, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - United States-based customers bought more prescription medications exported from Canada in January, reversing three months of declines.

March 9, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While large private employers may have adjusted health care premium contribution levels to steer employees to the most cost- effective carriers, state governments...

March 9, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Majorities of health consumers say they know what their health care premiums, doctor visits, prescription drugs and deductibles cost while far fewer say...

March 8, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Like private sector prescription drug plans, state plans have seen prices steadily increase as plan sponsors for those plans look for strategies to...

March 8, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The vast majority of employees report going to work when they are sick.

March 8, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A large volume of unexercised stock options that are In-the-money will add up to high compensation levels for chief executive officers (CEO) in...

March 8, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employees at companies whose health plans are serviced by Fidelity Investments' Health and Welfare benefits outsourcing unit will soon have a new source...

March 8, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hiring managers may be good at rooting out dishonest applicants, but a candidate's moral character and likelihood to react badly to workplace stress...

March 8, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The federal anti-discrimination agency has released its Fiscal Year 2003 enforcement scorecard showing the extent of its legal activities for the period.

March 5, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Women are making inroads into upper management positions, increasing their lot 7% over to the past 12 years now making up 36.4% of...

March 5, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Look for the job merry-go-round for sales professionals to spin merrily during 2004.

March 5, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Minnesota, which began the nation's first state-sponsored Internet connection with Canadian pharmacies five weeks ago, is kicking off inspections of two Canadian mail-order...

March 4, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With the post-scandal regulatory environment paying so much attention to employee severance packages - particularly those for chief executives and high-level officials -...

March 4, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's largest advocacy group for retired people is jumping into the fray over reimportation of less expensive Canadian prescription drugs with a...

March 4, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of Chief Executive Officers (CEO) who abandoned their posts in February was virtually unchanged at 51.

March 4, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Ergonomics-related workplace injuries are on the rise among employees in extended hours positions.

March 3, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Pointy dunce cap and all, the majority of workplace cubicles have been sat in the corner for not making the grade.

March 3, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The state of Colorado is locked in a political battle over whether it should add a defined contribution (DC) plan and how it...

March 3, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With a green light from federal regulators, Tenet Healthcare Corp. will offer discount pricing to uninsured patients at its hospitals with an eye...