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December 28, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - After falling for three consecutive weeks, the number of the unemployed lining up to claim unemployment benefits edged up by 7,000 in the week...

December 28, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Some 2,699 mass layoff actions, those involving 50 or more employees, occurred in November, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

December 28, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employee-recognition programs are becoming more common, and are likely to become even more so as cash-strapped employers are forced to explore new, low-cost...

December 28, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Professional women with more than two decades of experience in electro-technology and information-technology industries have higher median incomes than their male counterparts, a...

December 27, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of help-wanted advertisements across the country dipped by 2%, from 46 to 45 between October and November, according to the Conference...

December 27, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The performance of the stock market this year has left 401(k) balances substantially thinner than they were during the tech boom, causing those...

December 27, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In identifying its top human resources technology trends for 2002, Watson Wyatt Worldwide examined those that produce tangible bottom-line benefits, finding that trends...

December 27, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Between January and the close of November 2001, companies announced almost 1.8 million job cuts - almost triple the 2000 total and the...

December 27, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Adam Barsky, chairman of the New York City Employees Retirement System, has resigned to join a hedge fund.

December 26, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - After George W. Bush declared the War on Terrorism the US has deployed the largest number of military reservists since the Gulf War...

December 26, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While almost 70% of small business owners sponsor a 401(k) plan, less than half considered more than one retirement-plan alternative, a new survey...

December 24, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More plan sponsors are getting with the information age by allowing participants access to around the clock plan information, according to a survey...

December 24, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors may be more paternalistic than is commonly believed and many are liberalizing the eligibility and vesting requirements of their plans, according...

December 24, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) Ford Motor has agreed to a $300,000 settlement of an employment-related racial harassment suit, according to the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). It...

December 24, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) ? Not that there is a standard life insurance policy for 'jolly old elves,' but Northwestern Mutual's underwriters have devoted some time to the...

December 24, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Both the Human Resources and Finance departments are strong players in decisions relating to their organization's retirement plan choice, according to a survey...

December 21, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As economic times get tougher, companies are snipping costs right and left and matching contributions to employee 401(k) plans are one of the...

December 21, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Companies that focus their HR technology initiatives on making specific, quantifiable improvements see increases in the company's market value, while those with softer...

December 21, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) ? Four new administrative appeals judges have been appointed to serve on the Administrative Review Board of the Department of Labor (DoL).

December 21, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) Two-fifths of companies expect to make significant reductions in the bonuses they pay to their executives in 2002, a Towers Perrin study finds.