Benefits

October 17, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Most investors ages 21 to 50 remain focused on saving for retirement, according to an online survey...

October 17, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Despite being younger than others, on average, workers at tax-exempt health care organizations have saved more for...

October 16, 2012 (PLANSPONSORS.com) – A comparison found that using the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS’s) required minimum distributions (RMD) as a retirement savings withdrawal strategy does almost as...

October 16, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – In the past year, 30% of workers have called in sick when not actually ill, and many have given employers creative excuses, a...

October 16, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – While more than 50% of plan sponsors offer target-date funds (TDFs) in defined contribution (DC) plans, only half of them are using TDFs...

October 16, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – AllianceBernstein has found that whether plan participants consider themselves “active” or “accidental” investors, they give target-date funds (TDFs) praise.

October 15, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Only 56% of employees eligible to participate in the annual benefits enrollment period are confident about their decisionmaking, and many keep the same...

October 15, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. retirement income system advanced from 10th last year to 9th in the 2012 Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index, which looks at...

October 12, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Hostess Brands Inc. proposed withholding contributions to its company defined benefit (DB) and multiemployer pension plans (MEPPs) for two years, according to its...

October 12, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A Fidelity report finds higher education retirement plan sponsors lag behind sponsors in other sectors in adopting plan features to improve employees’ retirement...

October 11, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – As state and local governments have reformed pension plans to address economic concerns, the use of defined contribution (DC) plans is evolving.

October 11, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BofA) makes the case for automatic enrollment, automatic escalation, company matches, education and advice, plus regular plan and...

October 11, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Kodak and its Official Committee of Retirees have agreed on a proposal to terminate retiree health care and survivor benefits, or other post-employment...

October 11, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Plan Sponsor Council of America’s (PSCA) 55th Annual Survey of Profit Sharing and 401(k) Plans finds...

October 10, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Multinational companies are aiming to significantly increase the corporate control and oversight of their employee benefit programs...

October 10, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Regardless of party affiliation, Transition Boomers—those ages 55 to 65 who are less than 10 years...

October 10, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – In the wake of the recession, local governments have made changes to retirement and health care benefits offered to employees.

October 9, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Baby Boomer women are more uncomfortable, worried or concerned than Boomer men about their current and future financial situation, according to an AARP...

October 8, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Sixty percent of workers surveyed now consider the workplace a “very important source” for their personal insurance and savings products.

October 5, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – More than 62% of Baby Boomers plan to remain in the state they live in upon retirement, according to a PluteGroup study.