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August 21, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Injecting a potential political hot potato into its national union contract talks, the UAW is demanding that several of the nation's automakers cover...

August 21, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - If you need any more proof that health-care spending in the United States has gotten out of control, a study says there is...

August 21, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Homer Simpson, Dagwood Bumstead and Andy Capp might all be fictitious characters, but if they had it their way, Friday would be spent...

August 21, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly four out of 10 (38%) US middle managers are currently seeking new employment, with another 10% waiting for the job market to...

August 21, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Human resource staff ratios edged up last year, but expanded HR ratios may be more a product of addition by subtraction rather than...

August 20, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A gay man denied a transfer request by UPS Inc. after his partner's relocation has filed a discrimination lawsuit.

August 20, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Health-care organizations are expanding their smorgasbord of retirement plans to include 403(b), 401(k), 457(b) and/or defined benefit (DB) as more hospitals have begun...

August 20, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Americans are apparently seeing no relief in sight for the ever rising health-care cost tide, to the point that more workers would rather...

August 20, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New stock options granted to executives among the nation's high technology companies dropped 7% last year.

August 19, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Compensation of institutional investment professionals is undergoing a shift from performance-based payouts to more discretionary systems.

August 19, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - When it comes to prestige in office furniture, men like it big, women like it to match.

August 19, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A co-worker as extroverted as Jay Leno is more likely to become a corporate leader than the office wallflower.

August 18, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Meeting with departing employees on their way out the door may not seem all that useful, but one consulting firm advises that such...

August 18, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The rising tide of medical premiums is not expected to ebb anytime soon, with projections for 2004 showing a 15%-increase.

August 18, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With senior managers typically speaking with at least three references before considering someone for a position, having some kind words on one's behalf...

August 18, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than eight out of 10 (84%) job seekers rate the ability to work from home a few days a week or full...

August 15, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - When you smile, the whole world may smile with you - especially your employer who may see bigger returns.

August 15, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With employers' 2004 health-care costs projected to accelerate their recent double-digit increases, many companies will turn to their workers to dig deeper in...

August 14, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly half (48%) of all American workers participated in their employer-sponsored retirement benefit in 2000.

August 13, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A female employee of the Denver mint has slapped the US Treasury with a suit alleging sexual harassment.