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Gannett Freezes Defined-Benefit Plan

In freezing its pension plan, Gannett joins a long line of large and well-known U.S. co...

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IT Departments Now Leading Targets of Lawsuits, Attorneys Say

Federal guidelines on the gathering of evidence by attorneys were amended in 2006 to ac...

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Off-Premises Injury Compensable, New Jersey Judge Rules

A computer technician struck by a car while crossing a street to purchase cigarettes an...

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Kaiser Permanente Signs Up Employees for Microsoft’s Online Health Record Service

Nonprofit health insurer Kaiser Permanente announces that its 159,000 employees will be...

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Business Lobbies for Program to Help Workers Hurt by Trade

The fate of a trade agreement with Colombia, a Bush administration and business priorit...

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USIS Announces Plan to Merge With HireRight

The announcement comes a few months after word of another potential deal in the backgro...

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Automakers Walkout Won’t Immediately Affect Shipments

Teamsters drivers went on strike Monday, June 9, against Performance Transportation Ser...

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Medical Tourism Has Appeal, but Requires Homework

As medical tourism gains traction, it will be up to HR to say why it is or isn’t right ...