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PA City's Police Test Ruled Invalid

December 22, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The city of Erie, Pennsylvania improperly required all police officer applicants to take a physical ability test even though the test ended up...
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Top Odd Workplace Stories of 2005

December 22, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Global outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc. recently released a list of 2005 Most Unbelievable Workplace Events.
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Visteon Corp Reinstates Match

December 22, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Visteon Corp is reinstating its company match contributions for its retirement plan, although at a less generous rate than before, the Detroit News...
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PBGC Reports Pension Plan Exodus Overstated

December 21, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - From an examination of Form 5500 annual reports, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) found that 9.4% of pension plans were frozen as...
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Federal CDHP Gets High Marks from GAO

December 21, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite some grumbling about customer service problems with a federal consumer-directed health plan (CDHP), a new study said the federal employees were generally...
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Newspapers Still Popular for Job Searches

December 21, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Even with the growing number of Internet job search sites, a majority of employees still rely on newspapers to locate new positions, a...
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The NY Transit Strike: At What Price?

December 21, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New York City says that every day of the transit workers' strike will cost its businesses hundreds of millions of dollars in lost...
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Nationwide Joins List of Roth Ready

December 21, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nationwide Financial Services, Inc. has created a series of educational materials for investment professionals to use when working with plan sponsors that help...
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Ohio Jury Awards STRS $7.8M in Medco Trial

December 20, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An Ohio state court jury has awarded the Buckeye State's teachers' retirement plan $7.8 million in damages against pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) Medco...
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How Statutory Limits Affect Contribution Rates

December 20, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New research released from the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College found that most increases in contribution limits do little to increase...
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Holiday Chores Spill Over to Workplace

December 20, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - These days, as people race to pick up last-minute holiday gifts and otherwise get ready for upcoming festivities, oftentimes those chores spill over...