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December 13, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New Jersey companies aggressively shifted the burden of health care costs to their employees in 2002, keeping the cost increase below the national...

December 13, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employer-sponsored medical insurance plans have seen premium increases of up to 50% in the second half of 2002, according to a survey by...

December 13, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A no-show employee can cost an employer a bundle of money regardless of whether those calling in sick are actually ill.

December 13, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Benefits managers evaluating service delivery of their employee health-care plans will soon be armed with a bit more ammunition.

December 13, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fifty-two percent of all adults report their medical out-of-pocket expenses are higher this year, and many place the blame on prescription drug prices...

December 13, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Women are 63% more likely die in traffic accidents on a Friday the 13th than other Fridays during a month, according to new...

December 24, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal bankruptcy judge has approved a plan that would extend unemployment and insurance benefits to laid off and retired workers of LTV...

December 12, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal district judge has preliminarily approved a Consent Decree, awarding $2.1 million to 61 former employees who lost their jobs during layoffs...

December 12, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Enterasys Networks Inc has been accused of generating phony deals to inflate revenue and profits in a lawsuit filed by the Los Angeles...

December 12, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Bank of New York (BoNY) has brought in a new recordkeeping partner and adopted its defined contribution recordkeeping platform to better allow...

December 12, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Trustees of the $6-billion Berger Funds have a backed a plan to merge Berger into the Janus funds.

December 12, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Utility companies saw a 55% increase in pension deficits this year; bringing deficit totals for the industry to $65 billion worldwide, according to...

December 12, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association College Retirement Equities Fund (TIAA-CREF) has patted the US Securities and Exchange Commission on the back for...

December 12, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - United Airlines parent UAL Corp. says it has received the backing of a bankruptcy court order to prevent large stock holders of the...

December 12, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Managers searching for an easier way to keep track of their employees' hours may want to consider a new product from a Seekonk,...

December 12, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A program from a Bedford, Massachusetts company might make it easier to retrieve securities data throughout a trading day.

December 12, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A technology company announced the availability of a program allowing plan sponsors to submit retirement plan contributions and loan repayments to their recordkeeper...

December 12, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Dow Jones & Company has agreed to amend one of its insurance policies to allow for coverage of prescription contraceptives, according to Washington-based...

December 12, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - HR consulting firm Ceridian Corporation has acquired selected assets of GLS Benefit Services LLC, a benefits administration-outsourcing firm.

December 12, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fifty-nine percent of employees are purchasing voluntary benefits at work and 61% are interested in having their employer provide a wider array of...