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April 18, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - "LarryLoonyLamb" and "elvisthechicken2003" need not apply for open positions in the United Kingdom.

April 18, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski has proposed sweeping reforms for the state's ailing Public Employees Retirement System (PERS) including throwing out the current 8%...

April 18, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -Officials in San Diego County (California) want to siphon off about $80 million in planned pension contributions to help offset state revenue cuts.

April 18, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - At least a small spot of sunlight may have opened up in what have been dark and threatening storm clouds over the nation's...

April 18, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A former television production company employee is suing her ex-boss for religious harassment, after he fired her because it was "God's will."

April 17, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - AMR Corp, the parent company of American Airlines, established two new executive perks last year in an order to protect retirement income in...

April 17, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employer communication about matters that affect workers may play a crucial role in retaining key talent.

April 16, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While the majority (78%) of Medicare beneficiaries have some form of prescription drug coverage, it is difficult to ascertain the adequacy of these...

April 16, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Recent increases in health insurance premiums have exceeded growth in health care costs.

April 16, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Eight out of 10 employers (82%) report assigning work to other employees is the chosen path to maintain business as usual when dealing...

April 16, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The "best chance" for dealing with spiraling corporate health care costs may lie in a concept one consulting company calls "reDefined Contribution Health...

April 14, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Chief Executive Officers (CEO) saw increases in all components of their pay packages in 2002, as total annual compensation rose a median 10%...

April 11, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Excessive medical liability costs have stolen home plate by limiting the ability of Canadian baseball teams to retain a team doctor.

April 10, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Seven out of 10 companies view an aging workforce as either a "very important" or "fairly important" business issue in their companies.

April 10, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The federal anti-discrimination agency has sued a Chicago hospital for harassing and then firing an Islamic employee because of her religion.

April 10, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Responding to investor concerns over ever escalating executive compensation figures, pay increases for executives were in the same range as the rest of...

April 9, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Port of Seattle commissioners voted down a proposal requiring contractors doing business with the port to provide domestic partner benefits.

April 8, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Eighty-one percent of Southeast Michigan's employers reported health care premium increases in excess of 10% during the last two years.

April 7, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The matching company contribution has long been touted as a significant participation incentive, and a recent survey suggests that cutting back on the...

April 7, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New evidence may soon begin to creep up in employment law cases prohibiting hostile work environments: pornography spam e-mails.