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December 17, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Burlington, Vermont's mayor has unveiled a plan to reimport prescription drugs from Canada for city employees by March 1, 2004.

December 16, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers may be starting the new year with some new employees.

December 16, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Customer service and technical support operations continue to be burdened with tight budgets and salaries that have been largely flat during 2003, a...

December 16, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than three out of 10 (32%) employees say their company seems congenial, even conflict free, yet still resists meaningful change, when labeling...

December 15, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An advocate for the rights of the disabled has charged in a lawsuit that her former employer, a federally funded disability rights group,...

December 15, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A former Harrah's Reno bartender fired for not wearing makeup has taken her sex-discrimination battle to a federal appeals court.

December 15, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The holiday season is certainly merry and bright this year - at least for the employees of a Pittsfield, Maine shoe plant.

December 15, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Having a certified public accountant (CPA) license is no small thing when it comes to an accountant's salary, since those having the license...

December 15, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More and more, companies are restricting stock option eligibility to executives, top managers and professionals with eligibility for those below the professional level...

December 12, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Whichever side of the job interview you find yourself on, chances are you've been asked some odd questions - but have you ever...

December 12, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Santa had better watch out - at least in Sweden, according to new research.

December 12, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Aetna is offering a new portfolio of preferred provider organization (PPO) health plans for small businesses in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, DC, to...

December 12, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - About half of the Microsoft Corporation employees eligible to sell their largely worthless underwater stock options took advantage of the plan and generated...

December 12, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Health-care spending growth for privately insured Americans during the first half of 2003 slowed to its lowest level in three years, turning in...

No one can accuse employers participating in a recent survey of being Mr. Scrooge. Knowing that the holiday season can put their workers under boatloads of extra stress,...

December 12, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - If Social Security, employer retirement plans and personal savings indeed represent a "three-legged stool" of retirement income, many Americans risk going into their...

December 10, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Non-qualified deferred compensation plans (NQDC) continue growing in popularity for their additional retirement planning opportunities for key executives, according to a new survey.

December 10, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Pretty soon, the train of local and state government officials vowing to import prescription drugs from Canada is going to be standing room...

December 10, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Only 5% of Fortune 1000 companies have implemented full-fledged outsourcing programs, suggesting the flood of jobs moving overseas may be more like a...

December 10, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fresh from an economic downturn and continual personnel downsizings, a key issue for many HR departments these days is finding ways to improve...