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Employers Need a Break From Required Contributions, Pension Group Says

Officials ask that employers that are required to make a 3 percent contribution to thei...

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Employers Eyeing Voluntary Benefits in Tough Economy

Many employers are transforming company benefits to voluntary status to shift costs to ...

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Communicating Benefits During Layoffs Can Be Tricky

With tens of thousands of layoffs being conducted every month, managers are trying to f...

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Some Idled Employees May See Workers’ Comp as Income Spinner

Bosses say injured workers are delaying their return to uncertain jobs, while laid-off ...

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Ford, UAW Reach Pact on Retiree Health Trust Fund

UPDATE: The proposed modifications to the voluntary employees’ beneficiary association ...

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Things Go Better With Cash-Balance Plans Coca-Cola Adopts New Pension

Current employees now in Coca-Cola’s traditional $1.5 billion final average pay plan wi...

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Cut From Stimulus, E-Verify Likely to Resurface in Immigration Debate

The author of the bill that established E-Verify was angry that it did not survive in t...

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Investment Yields Keep Pension Funding Levels Low

Although higher bond yields last month helped to trim funding shortfalls in defined-ben...