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EEOC Says Allstate Committed Age Discrimination

August 27, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has determined that Allstate Insurance Company violated the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) as part of...
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Study: Workplace Daycare Can Cut Costs

August 26, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Providing onsite daycare for employees who put in long hours could cut absenteeism by an average 20% and turnover by an average 23%,...
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More Companies "Ace" Gay Rights Survey

August 25, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly twice as many US companies have barred discrimination based on sexual orientation and adopted other gay-and lesbian-friendly policies than last year, according...
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Caution Greets Italian Pension Reform Provision

August 25, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Conservative allies of Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi were cautious Monday about Berlusconi's proposal to reform Italy's pension system by raising the retirement age...
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"So, Why Should I Hire You?"

August 22, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Sooner or later, most hiring managers are bound to pop "the" question - "Why should I hire you?" But sometimes the answers aren't...
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Verizon Makes Contract Talks Public

August 22, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A letter to a dozen US senators said Verizon Communications Inc. promised not to lay off workers before October 2004 or relocate jobs...
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HR Ratios Increase In 2003

August 21, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Human resource staff ratios edged up last year, but expanded HR ratios may be more a product of addition by subtraction rather than...
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Auto Workers Press for Abortion Coverage

August 21, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Injecting a potential political hot potato into its national union contract talks, the UAW is demanding that several of the nation's automakers cover...
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Britons Set Aside Time For 'Slacker Day'

August 21, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Homer Simpson, Dagwood Bumstead and Andy Capp might all be fictitious characters, but if they had it their way, Friday would be spent...