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December 10, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Brushing up on a professional skill or going back to school for a higher academic degree are still the keys to getting an...

December 10, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employee health-care costs have skyrocketed 11.2% in 2001 and employers can look forward to more of the same in coming years, a Mercer...

December 6, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With the number of the unemployed continuing to rise as companies cut back to weather the first recession in over a decade, a...

December 6, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - The record-low unemployment figures and competition for workers, which led to sharp salary increased for information technology (IT) professionals during the tech boom, are...

December 5, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite a drop in the number of layoff announcements by US companies in November, the impact of the terrorist attacks on the labor market...

December 4, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a move expected to save $25 million per year, Visteon Corp is slashing its 60% match to employee retirement accounts for its...

December 4, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A survey conducted by Catalyst found that an increasing number of the 500 largest U.S. companies have appointed women as board directors over...

December 4, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In the face of an economic slowdown, 69% of companies are not offering holiday bonuses this year compared to 64% last year, a...

November 30, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Some 61,000 employees at Eastman Kodak, who hold stock options with exercise prices so far above the current market price as to make...

November 29, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Prior to the 2001 economic slowdown, the number of employers offering health insurance grew, pushing the numbers of the uninsured down to 15.9%,...

November 28, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Notwithstanding the bleak economic outlook, 51% of US workers polled still expect to receive year-end holiday rewards from their employers, according to a...

November 27, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While 78% of Baby Boomers questioned in a recent survey believe they are financially prepared for retirement, the same survey reveals a plethora...

November 27, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Health plan participants rate problem-solving ability as the most important customer service issue, when determining health plan satisfaction, a new survey found.

November 26, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - HR professionals who specialize in compensation continue to take home paychecks that are almost 3% fatter than those of their colleagues who hold mixed...

November 26, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Relief may be at hand for the 10 million odd shift workers who suffer from Shift Work Sleep Disorder (SWSD) - a syndrome...

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 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...