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Bill Would Offer COBRA Subsidies, Extend Eligibility

The federal government would pay 65 percent of COBRA health care continuation premiums ...

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Best Practices in Documenting Employee Discipline

If companies use performance as one criterion for layoffs, it’s critical that employee ...

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Coca-Cola Files to Fund Retiree Health Through Special Trust

Under federal law, assets contributed to a VEBA must be used to pay benefits or purchas...

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A Youthful Migration Prompts Companies to Relocate

Data and anecdotal evidence show a surge in the attractiveness of near-downtown locatio...

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Motorola Eliminates Additional 4,000 jobs

The company announced in October that it would cut 3,000 jobs, including 2,000 in mobil...

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Ford Still Waiting to Hire Lower-Wage UAW Workers

As the automaker enters discussions for additional United Auto Workers givebacks, it wi...

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NBGH Backs Temporary COBRA Subsidies

Under current law, COBRA beneficiaries must remain in the plan in which they were enrol...

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Watson Wyatt Employers Need to Triple Pension Funding

Under federal funding law, employers in 2009 will be required to contribute $108 billio...