Benefits

July 18, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – An investigation has found hundreds of individuals in the New Jersey Public Employees Retirement System (PERS) who are ineligible to participate.

July 18, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Most Americans get their health insurance coverage from employment-based plans, yet most employers do not offer a choice of health plans, according to...

July 18, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Only 10% of displaced workers (those unemployed or underemployed) are very confident in their ability to retire comfortably.

July 17, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Often overlooked by plan sponsors, retirement income options in defined contribution (DC) plans can prevent participants who rely on an average life expectancy...

July 17, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Access to employer-provided benefits was greater in medium and large private industry establishments than in small establishments in March, the U.S. Bureau of...

July 17, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Sometimes when looking for a job, a candidate has to get creative.

July 16, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A principal at Mercer is calling on employers to use the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) as a launching point for...

July 13, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) could cause employees to retire earlier because of health care coverage available after...

July 13, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new union agreement will force National Basketball Association players to save for retirement.

July 12, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), which requires employers to provide full-time employees with reasonable health insurance, presents a special challenge...

July 12, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Texas Governor Rick Perry announced Texas has no intention of implementing a state insurance exchange or expanding Medicaid as part the new health...

July 12, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The defined contribution (DC) retirement plan industry has a “self-esteem problem” that must be addressed, one industry expert contends.  

July 12, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Younger women and Baby Boomer women are not prepared for retirement, a survey found.

July 11, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - American Airlines and its parent company, AMR Corp., are suing to stop providing health care and life insurance benefits to current retirees.

July 11, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Retirement plan sponsors say automatic features are increasing employees’ retirement readiness, according to a study from Lincoln Financial Group and Retirement Made Simpler.

July 11, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Employees who have one-on-one sessions with retirement professionals more likely participate in retirement plans and save more than those who do not.

July 11, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Middle-income retirees surveyed list health care expenses as one of their biggest financial surprises in retirement.

July 10, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Data from the 2010 Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF) suggests retirement savings progress has slowed and even reversed in the wake of the...

July 10, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Arizona Governor Jan Brewer has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to allow Arizona to eliminate health care benefits for state employees' same-sex partners.

July 9, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The majority of employers surveyed said they had been waiting for the Supreme Court’s decision before developing a strategy to respond to the health reform law’s...