NEW YORK, May 22 (UPI) -- More U.S. companies have frozen their workers' pension plans this year than in all of 2008, a human resources research group said.

WASHINGTON, May 11 (UPI) -- A bill to support U.S. employee pension plans would find resistance among employers if it mandated benefit contributions, a trade association director said.

NEW YORK, April 7 (UPI) -- U.S. employers indicate confidence in their ability to provide healthcare benefits in the future has dropped, the consulting firm Watson Wyatt said.

NEW YORK, March 12 (UPI) -- U.S. pension plans fell behind by more than $200 billion in 2008 and by another $54 billion in February, studies show.

NEW YORK, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- Surveys of U.S. businesses show that all manner of pay increases are expected to decrease in the next 12 months.

NEW YORK, Oct. 29 (UPI) -- The list of U.S. companies suspending contributions to employee retirement accounts will likely grow, a survey of companies revealed.

TORONTO, Oct. 29 (UPI) -- Lobbying efforts have begun by cash-strapped major Canadian companies for federal relief from pension obligations, executives said.

COVENTRY, England, Aug. 29 (UPI) -- Employee well-being is dependent upon the rank of an individual's wage in a group, as opposed to the individual's absolute pay, British researchers say.

WASHINGTON, May 4 (UPI) -- Even the insured are being squeezed by escalating healthcare costs in the United States, data show.