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March 6, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - HR professionals at national companies still have to face a historic truth about compensation: Employees' addresses can affect the size of their paycheck.

March 5, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Three female workers at Union Pacific Corp. have sued the largest US railroad to try to force it to add contraception coverage to...

March 3, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Sponsors of new legislation to mandate mental health insurance coverage be on par with treatment for physical conditions have named the bill after...

March 3, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employees in California have experienced a slowed economy as well as double-digit health insurance premium increases and a higher share of rapidly rising...

March 3, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Catholic Charities Maine has filed a lawsuit accusing the city of Portland of religious discrimination, by withholding public funds from the organization for...

February 28, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - College basketball's annual "March Madness" national championship tournament could end up costing employers $1.4 billion.

February 28, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite losses in the equity markets, 401(k) participants have not given up on long-term approaches in their retirement vehicle.

February 27, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The recent trend of compensation cuts hitting hard at the pocketbooks of financial-services company executives continues with an announcement from the Goldman Sachs...

February 27, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Departing Chief Executive Officers (CEO) received exit packages in 2002 and 2001 that averaged $16.5 million.

February 27, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - It comes as no surprise that a Kaiser Family Foundation Health poll found that Americans are concerned about the price of health care...

February 26, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A US House subcommittee has green lighted a bill that would create personal re-employment accounts of up to $3,000 for jobless Americans.

February 26, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Union membership last year took its biggest drop since 1995, as the effects of private sector cost cutting caught up with organized labor's...

February 26, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Eighty-five percent of Californians have never heard of a consumer driven health plan (CDHP), yet many like the plans when they're described.

February 26, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A New Hampshire employee union has raised concerns that Gov. Craig Benson wants to improperly tap a retirement fund account for $32 million...

February 26, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In another sign of severe cost pressures plaguing US automakers, Ford Motor Co., is jacking up costs for medical care and prescription drugs...

February 26, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Montana's House State Administration Committee has tabled a bill to extend employees' health benefits to domestic partners.

February 25, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - It may be a tad harder for information technology (IT) workers to land a new job during the April to June 2003 time...

February 25, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Business schools are reporting fewer corporate recruiters on their campuses as businesses pull away from the MBA market.

February 25, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The administrative costs of a health plan are rising at a slower pace than health care premiums, accounting for only 7.8% of total...

February 24, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - That sense that your job is a real pain in the backside could be more than just your imagination, according to new research.