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March 19, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) is launching an investigation into cancer rates among employees of the microchip industry.

March 19, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Ford Motor Co.'s chief executive, Bill Ford Jr., is literally putting his money where his mouth is.

March 19, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The city of Pittsburgh continued $500 monthly checks to a former refuse worker for more than three decades after his July 1970 death.

March 18, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The pace of health-care cost increases is expected to be 12% this year, down marginally from 13% last year.

March 18, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Massachusetts bill aimed at making cheaper prescriptions drugs from Canada available to state residents has cleared its first legislative hurdle.

March 18, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An arm of the United Methodist Church has a solution to high priced prescription drugs for its members - free pharmacy discount cards.

March 17, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Half of work-age adults in the nation say the government should mandate health-care coverage for all workers.

March 17, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Health plan premiums will be going up in 2004, just not nearly has high as the 13% average expected.

March 17, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com)-A new Task Force on Drug Importation, composed of 13 people named by Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Tommy G. Thompson, has been created...

March 16, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Looking to their company's bottom line, human resources professionals are most likely to focus on recruiting and retention to have the largest impact.

March 16, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The architect of Milwaukee County's pension plan payout system that would have awarded some state public officials millions has been sentenced to 60...

March 16, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The economic upturn is underway for technology and biotechnology companies that saw salaries increase last year and salary increase budgets remain the same...

March 16, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers across the country expect the hiring pace in the second quarter to be stronger than it has been since the first quarter...

March 15, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Now that the economy appears to be improving, Chief Executive Officers (CEO) of the nation's fastest growing companies are turning their attention to...

March 15, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - When it comes to matching up the workforce with the company's goals, most firms still have a ways to go.

March 15, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - CIGNA is giving plan sponsors an idea on how to lower the company's total benefit costs and help disabled employees get back to...

March 12, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs) can result in lower health care spending, but only if the plan changes employee behavior.

March 12, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Some employers' health-care cost-cutting efforts appear to be working - at least when it comes to the cost of prescription drugs, a new...

March 12, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Job hoppers apparently aren't the favorite of the office, according to a new survey.

March 11, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Health-care cost increases have lead to a greater burden placed on the shoulders of employees, but employers recognize the importance of these programs...