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April 10, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Responding to investor concerns over ever escalating executive compensation figures, pay increases for executives were in the same range as the rest of...

April 10, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Seven out of 10 companies view an aging workforce as either a "very important" or "fairly important" business issue in their companies.

April 10, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The federal anti-discrimination agency has sued a Chicago hospital for harassing and then firing an Islamic employee because of her religion.

April 9, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Port of Seattle commissioners voted down a proposal requiring contractors doing business with the port to provide domestic partner benefits.

April 8, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Eighty-one percent of Southeast Michigan's employers reported health care premium increases in excess of 10% during the last two years.

April 7, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The matching company contribution has long been touted as a significant participation incentive, and a recent survey suggests that cutting back on the...

April 7, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New evidence may soon begin to creep up in employment law cases prohibiting hostile work environments: pornography spam e-mails.

April 7, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Making up for a drop in chief executive officers' (CEO) total compensation, cash payments increased 15% last year.

April 7, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite an uncertain economy, military conflicts, and overall low total growth in employment, more than two-thirds of managers expect their companies to promote...

April 4, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The weather's turning nicer (somewhere, I'm sure it is), and that enhances the likelihood that you'll be hearing some unusual excuses for tardiness.

April 4, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Doctors in high-risk specialties have dropped certain services, referred complex cases to other physicians, or closed their practices entirely because of skyrocketing medical...

April 4, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US Airways president David Siegel says airline executives are overpaid - none more so than Delta Air Lines chief executive officer Leo Mullin.

April 4, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Though only 30% of US companies are utilizing a formal approach to identify high-potential leaders, most of those who have formal succession planning...

April 4, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Minnesota state House of Representatives and Senate have passed a compromise bill approving state labor contracts for nearly 50,000 employees with gay...

April 3, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than seven out of 10 Americans (73%) said their employers have not yet notified them of their privacy rights under the Health...

April 2, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Three out of four small and mid-sized businesses are either worried or very worried about workplace accidents.

April 2, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Six out of 10 information technology (IT) managers indicate that IT compensation consumes 25% to 50% of their budgets, even though IT budgets...

April 1, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Responding to continued double-digit health care cost increases, the percentage of companies offering consumer-driven health care plans (CDHP) more than doubled in one...

April 1, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The majority of both HR professionals and employees felt that the job market would remain about the same over the next six months...

April 1, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers still think most about their workforce despite the faltering economy - particularly about whether employees have the requisite skills to help the...