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November 27, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's largest defense contractor has added sexual orientation to its anti-discrimination policy and plans to offer health benefits to domestic partners of...

November 27, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Cigna Corp has offered a proposal to settle class-action lawsuits brought on by hundreds of thousands of physicians claiming they are unfairly being...

November 27, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A group of unionized steel workers have walked off the job, angered that their employer wants to replace their pension plan with a...

November 27, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US Airways has asked workers with the International Association of Machinists (IAM) to double their health insurance contributions and accept an elimination of...

November 27, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US jobless claims dropped to their lowest point in nearly two years, extending a string of recent declines to four straight weeks, the...

November 26, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - October's mass layoff numbers were up 41% from September, affecting 37% more workers.

November 26, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - October's mass layoff numbers were up 41% from September, affecting 37% more workers.

November 26, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Domestic equity mutual funds shed $5.8 billion in net outflows in October while fixed-income funds enjoyed $4.7 billion in inflows, according to data...

November 26, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Domestic equity mutual funds shed $5.8 billion in net outflows in October while fixed-income funds enjoyed $4.7 billion in inflows, according to data...

November 26, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The tentative deal that allowed West Coast dock workers to go back to work over the weekend reportedly includes only a $0.50/hour annual...

November 26, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Seventy-three percent of HR professionals believe their company has clearly stated its strategic direction, but only 44% feel the strategic direction was communicated...

November 25, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Securian Retirement Services has unveiled new 401(k) statements, incorporating easy-to-understand language and color graphics, to assist plan participants in understanding their retirement accounts,...

November 25, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Seventy-eight percent of small businesses said they plan to do something special for their employees this holiday season, according to a recent American...

November 25, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Corporate techies are generally happy with their pay, their relationships with peers and supervisors and their physical work environment despite IT layoffs and...

November 25, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Lazard Asset Management has hired Steven Blitz, former chief strategist at Offitbank, as its head of global fixed-income operations, according to a Reuters...

November 25, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Pennsylvania employer has introduced a new policy designed to cut down on profanity in the workplace - and pay for the office...

November 25, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In what was described as a "historic" agreement by federal mediators, West Coast dockworkers and shipping companies reached a tentative six-year contract agreement...

November 22, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New Jersey pension officials have suggested the former chief executive officer of a mutual fund company as the next investment head of the...

November 22, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Seventeen Bristol, England exotic dancers have joined the General Municipal and Boilermakers' Union (GMB) in an effort to see working conditions in the...

November 22, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite a court injunction keeping union officials out of Wal-Mart's 3,200 US stores, the nation's largest private employer continues locked in an intense...