Benefits

December 31, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Bankrupt Wire Rope Corporation of America, a maker of steel cables, has been cleared to eliminate its employee pension plans.

December 31, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Eight Roman Catholic bishops in New York have filed a lawsuit, asking that a new law requiring insurers to cover birth control and...

December 31, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employees who are satisfied with their benefits program are approximately three times more likely to be satisfied with their jobs and feel loyalty...

December 30, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - California Senate Bill 1818 will take effect January 1, 2003 to protect illegal immigrants from abuse at the workplace, according to a San...

December 27, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) Express Scripts has released its fourth annual year-end report on events and trends influencing prescription drug costs and utilization,...

December 27, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As many as 800,000 unemployed American will see their federal unemployment benefits come to an end on December 28, according to an Associated...

December 26, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Ford Motor Co. employee has agreed to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit from a female employee for an undisclosed amount.

December 24, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In an effort to control diabetes-related healthcare costs, five companies will roll out a voluntary diabetes program in 2003.

December 24, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The University of Washington stands accused of denying health-care benefits to hundreds of its hospital workers by simply declaring them temporary employees.

December 23, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than 100,000 current and former federal workers could soon start the process of collecting some $173.5 million in back pay from the...

December 23, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A survey sponsored by an employment lawyer group predicts continued layoffs along with age discrimination claims and whistleblower retaliation will dominate the workplace...

December 23, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hiring managers could see a fair amount of turnover because of dissatisfied workers who now say they plan to change jobs in 2003,...

December 20, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) says an official decision is still pending, it looks unlikely federal employees will have Christmas Eve...

December 20, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In what is being described as the first of its kind in the country, a Boulder, Colorado initiative would ban discrimination on the...

December 19, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - HR compensation officials at national companies have to contend with average market salary levels that can vary by more than 80% from market...

December 19, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Motorola is teaming with technology firm ACS to form a new business process outsourcing (BPO) venture, while itself becoming a customer of the...

December 19, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A former UBS PaineWebber system administrator is facing chares of sabotaging two-thirds of the company's computer systems to crash its stock price, according...

December 18, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Abbe Favocci is taking her chance at weighing in on Weight Watchers' decision to fire her as a meeting leader after she put...

December 18, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - There's apparently no respite in sight for employer healthcare costs, according to a new report from Buck Consultants.

December 18, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly 2,700 Hershey Foods Corp. unionized employees who staged a strike earlier this year in a dispute over insurance benefits are trying to...