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November 21, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Initial unemployment benefit claims continued their downward trend in the week ending November 17, according to the weekly figures released by the Department of...

November 21, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Americans may be more anxious generally in the post-September 11 era, but they're also more loyal to their employers than any time since...

November 21, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Average health plan premiums are expected to climb in 2002 - by over 15% for sponsors of fully insured plans, and by 11% for...

November 20, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) Labor Department officials should begin studying how to best integrate large numbers of older Americans into the workforce as Baby Boomers face retirement in...

November 20, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Executives at companies that are currently wielding the job-cutting axe fear that their key employees, concerned about layoffs, will search for pastures greener, a...

November 20, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - After three months of net withdrawals, equity mutual fund sales finally outweighed redemptions - with investors pouring $1.6 billion into equity funds in...

November 19, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - An overwhelming 95% of respondents have not made any changes to their 401(k) plan since September 11, according to a survey by Strong Capital...

November 19, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Ford has reportedly reached a tentative settlement agreement in two age and gender-bias suits brought by current and former employees, according to the...

November 19, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Those looking for a rebound in the job market in early 2002 will be disappointed - hiring activity is expected to remain at the...

November 16, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - While conventional wisdom holds that most Americans would reassess their lives following the event of September 11, a new survey finds that most are...

November 16, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - About a quarter of employers have delayed or reduced salary increases but few are reporting plans to cut or freeze pay, according to...

November 16, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Ann Colgrove has been appointed Director of the Office of Communications and Legislative Affairs (OCLA) at the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).

November 15, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Supreme Court ruled that the Merit System Protection Board (MSPB) may decide whether an employee's termination was fair - even if challenges...

November 15, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - For the third consecutive week, the number of Americans filing for first time unemployment benefits fell, but the number of those remaining on...

November 15, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - PricewaterhouseCoopers' board has chosen Samuel DiPiazza to fill the shoes of James Schiro, the firm's outgoing chief executive officer.

November 15, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The CSFB/Tremont Hedge Fund Index increased by 0.4% in October, outpacing major US equity indices and bringing year-to-date returns to 2.6%.

November 15, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics reported 1,689 mass layoff actions by employers resulting in the loss of nearly 350,000...

November 15, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US workers' confidence in their financial well-being is slipping in the wake of September's terrorist attacks, according to The Principal Financial Well-Being Index.

November 14, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employees tapped for international assignments are requiring more support from human resource professionals following the events of September 11, a recent survey finds.

November 14, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hanging on to their employees while keeping a rein on benefit expenses apparently is the most pressing issue on corporate executives' minds these...