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August 26, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Once the US job market gets its sea legs back - likely within the next 12 months - lots of workers will probably...

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...

August 25, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Paychecks apparently will be getting fatter as nearly all of the HR executives polled for a recent survey said their companies are upping...

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...

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...

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...

August 22, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The good news about Wall Street hiring for the remainder of the year is that - for a few more firms than earlier...

August 22, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a California city where most workers are already unionized, a mixed group of unrepresented managers and other employees may be heading down...

August 21, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has filed a suit against a kitchen design company, for allegedly firing an Egyptian woman after...

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...

August 21, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - If you need any more proof that health-care spending in the United States has gotten out of control, a study says there is...

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...

August 21, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly four out of 10 (38%) US middle managers are currently seeking new employment, with another 10% waiting for the job market to...

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...

August 20, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A gay man denied a transfer request by UPS Inc. after his partner's relocation has filed a discrimination lawsuit.

August 20, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Health-care organizations are expanding their smorgasbord of retirement plans to include 403(b), 401(k), 457(b) and/or defined benefit (DB) as more hospitals have begun...

August 20, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Americans are apparently seeing no relief in sight for the ever rising health-care cost tide, to the point that more workers would rather...

August 20, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New stock options granted to executives among the nation's high technology companies dropped 7% last year.

August 19, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Compensation of institutional investment professionals is undergoing a shift from performance-based payouts to more discretionary systems.

August 19, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - When it comes to prestige in office furniture, men like it big, women like it to match.