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Initial Jobless Claims Continue Downward Trend

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...
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GAO: Focus on Older Workers Needed

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...
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Axe Can Be a Double-Edged Sword

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...
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Appetite for Stock Funds Returns

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...
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Participants Stay Put ? Strong Survey

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...
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Discrimination Settlement Nears at Ford

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...
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Q1 Hiring to Remain Flat

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...
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Workers Stay Put in Wake of 9/11

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...
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Colgrove Appointed Director at EEOC

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).
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Supreme Court Sides with Merit Board

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...
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Hedge Fund Index Up by 0.4% in October

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%.
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Attacks Impact Employee Confidence

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.
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9/11 Makes Its Mark on International Assignments

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.