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Health Plans Top Benefit Costs

April 26, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Health insurance was found to be the highest employee benefit cost in 1999, averaging $2,777 per employee.
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CalPERS To Launch Retirement Planning Month

April 26, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) has launched an outreach campaign targeting public employees throughout the state, designating May as Retirement Planning...
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The Day Formerly Known as Secretary's Day

April 25, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In honor of Administrative Professionals Day, formerly Secretary's Day, careers web site Monster.com asked respondents what they thought of the job title "secretary".
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AXA Launches European ETF

April 25, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - AXA Investment Managers plans to list a new European exchange-traded fund (ETF) based on the Dow Jones Global Titans 50 index.
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Integrated Wage/Benefit Data Now Available

April 25, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Interrelated data on wage levels and benefit plan details will now be available from a single source, the Bureau of Labor Statistics' (BLS)...
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Viagra Coverage Generates Discrimination Charge

April 25, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An American Airlines flight attendant has filed a claim with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), claiming her employee health plan is discriminatory...
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Hospital Stays Down

April 25, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The average length of a hospital stay in the US declined from more than 7 days in 1980 to 5 days in 1999,...
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Fund Lemons Leave Bitter Taste

April 24, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Investors should jettison underperforming funds in order to raise cash for better investing days ahead -- even if those funds come from the...
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Disability Coverage Inadequate for Many

April 24, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A survey conducted by the Consumer Federation of America and the American Council of Life Insurers has found that 40% of workers have...
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New Economy, Old Bias

April 23, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Two-thirds of technology workers over the age of 45 say age discrimination is a significant problem in their field, according to a recent...
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Employer Surveillance Increases

April 23, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than three-quarters of American employers are now keeping tabs on their employees, twice the number just four years ago, according to a...
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Delaware Trims Mutual Fund Range

April 23, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In the face of declining markets, Delaware investments has announced plans to eliminate 14 of its retail mutual funds this year.
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UK Pension Funds at 20 Year Lows

April 23, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - So far, 2001 has been a brutal year for UK pension fund mangers, with returns languishing at levels not seen since 1974.
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Mired in E-Mail

April 20, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A recent survey by Gartner, a research firm, found that employees spend an average of 49 minutes per day going through their e-mails.