Benefits

November 16, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – “Auto-enrollment is very important to the future of 401(k)s,” contends J.J. McKinney, Retirement Strategies Inc.

November 16, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The LGBT community is concerned they may not be able to maintain their lifestyle in retirement and could outlive their savings.

November 16, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Saving and spending behaviors fluctuate wildly, setting the stage for varying levels of retirement confidence among Americans, a study found.

November 16, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – In the coming weeks and months, lawmakers will focus on tax reform.

November 15, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Switching from a defined benefit (DB) pension plan to defined contribution (DC) individual accounts or cash balance plans would have negative effects on...

November 15, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Defined contribution (DC) plan participants’ contributions continued and withdrawal activity remained low in the first half of 2012.

November 15, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A group of Pennsylvania judges is suing the state regarding a mandatory retirement provision of state law.

November 14, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Fifty-eight percent of executives say employee benefits costs are the leading factor impacting total reward decisions.

November 14, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Workforce health management, or “wellness”, has emerged as employers’ top long-term strategy for controlling health spending.

November 14, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Growth in the average total health benefit cost per employee slowed from 6.1% last year to just...

November 14, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Adult children and their parents struggle to communicate about retirement planning, providing care for elderly parents and...

November 14, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Retirement benefits remained mostly intact during the Great Recession.

November 13, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The four-day Thanksgiving weekend remains a tradition among most U.S. employers.

November 12, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Baby Boomers have not totally counted out social security as a source of retirement income.

November 12, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Nearly one-third (32%) of U.S. adults surveyed who would like to retire do not know if they...

November 9, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The presidential election means full speed ahead for issues like health care reform and the fiduciary re-proposal.

November 9, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Most human resources (HR) managers prefer the current health care insurance system to the changes proposed under the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

November 9, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) processed more federal retirement claims in October than it expected.

November 8, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A majority of defined contribution (DC) plan participants have not changed their behavior based on fee disclosure information they have received.

November 8, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – New data from Fidelity Investments indicates 401(k) participants are getting the message about saving more and diversifying.