WASHINGTON, June 12 (UPI) -- Employment data show the recession has taken its toll on U.S. workers who have jobs, as well as those who do not.

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.

CHICAGO, Feb. 17 (UPI) -- Illinois office products company Acco Brands Corp. said it would impose a six-week pay cut of 47 percent to stave off possible employee layoffs.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 (UPI) -- More U.S. employers are cutting wages to deal with the recession, a tactic little seen since the Great Depression, economists say.

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.