Benefits

August 29, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - OutsourceOne has partnered with Certifi Inc., a software and services company, to provide automated employee benefits data auditing services to employers.

August 29, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Americans increasingly rely on defined contribution (DC) plans for retirement savings, but investment options that will help them through retirement have yet to become mainstream,...

August 29, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – California Governor Jerry Brown has announced a compromise pension reform plan that eliminates some labor-sensitive changes.

August 28, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Gay Lynn Bath, deferred compensation manager for the State of Oregon, believes it is in participants’ best interest to keep assets in their...

August 28, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - One in five defined contribution (DC) participants surveyed by LIMRA said they rarely or never read retirement plan disclosures.

August 28, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Health care and pharmaceutical executives are uncertain whether or not existing business models are sustainable over the next five years, according to a...

August 28, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a deal with the New England Teamsters and Trucking Industry Pension Fund, United Parcel Service (UPS) will move its employees to a...

August 28, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - When it comes to retirement planning, Generations X and Y seem to have learned from the mistakes of their elders.

August 28, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Open channels of communication, along with concrete ways of appreciating employees and helping them balance work and home, are hallmarks of great academic...

August 27, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A report published by the Social Security Administration (SSA) contends the Census Bureau should adapt its retirement income measures to the changing retirement...

August 27, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Following the U.S. Supreme Court decision about health care reform, two-thirds of companies say it has affected their overall health benefits strategy.

August 27, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A growing number of employers are providing their employees with 401(k) plan features to help drive positive plan participation and encourage savings.

August 24, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Wells Fargo Retirement has seen a 10% year-on-year uptick in the number of loans.

August 24, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hawker Beechcraft announced an agreement for handling its employee pension plans in its restructuring to exit bankruptcy.

August 24, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Essential Health Benefits Coalition (EHBC) made recommendations to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for the new health reform law's...

August 23, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Households that defer less than 10% of their salary for retirement savings are at risk for not meeting their retirement goals, Putnam Investments’...

August 23, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An increasing number of global organizations expect to change the structure of their HR functions within the next couple of years, according to...

August 23, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Retirement plan participants who choose their own investment options are generally exposed to greater risk than target-date fund (TDF) investors, according to research...

August 21, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Small-business employees want more benefits and are willing to pay for them, a MetLife study found.

August 21, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly half (45%) of U.S. employers expect to benefit from Baby Boomer employees who prolong their careers past age 65.