Benefits

April 30, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Connecticut legislators introduced bills that would mandate a study about whether state government should offer a retirement plan to employees without an employer-sponsored...

April 27, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Ford Motor Company announced it will offer approximately 90,000 eligible U.S. salaried retirees and...

April 27, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Those enrolled in consumer-driven health plans (CDHPs) tend to have higher incomes and educational levels and report better health behavior than do those...

April 26, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Bruce Dow, the chief executive of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) pension and health plans, resigned.

April 26, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Americans appear to be unprepared financially to live into their 70s, 80s and 90s, according to Northwestern Mutual’s Longevity & Preparedness Study.

April 26, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The college graduating class of 2012 is heading into a better job market than alumni of the previous three years.

April 25, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Philadelphia Orchestra Association settled with a national musicians' pension fund that had threatened litigation over the orchestra's withdrawal.

April 25, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Between 2005 and 2009, the rate of poverty among American seniors rose as they aged.

April 25, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Most Americans get their health coverage through their jobs, however, research from the Employee...

April 24, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than three-quarters (76%) of middle-income Americans between ages 50 and 69 say they are sticking with their jobs because they want to....

April 24, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Starting this month, the Ohio Police and Fire Pension Fund is paying 2.23% interest on accounts in the Deferred Retirement Option Plan (DROP).

April 24, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The city of Kingsport will officially withdraw from the Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System later this year.

April 24, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Louisiana attorney general's office has issued an opinion saying the Louisiana Constitution blocks charter schools from leaving the state teacher retirement system.

April 24, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Two former leaders of the Mexican American Community Services Agency (MACSA) are being charged with felony grand theft for misusing employees’ retirement funds.

April 24, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Company match contributions are beneficial for retirement plan participants, but they can also provide benefits for sponsors, including employee attraction and retention.

April 23, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has concluded that defined contribution retirement plan approaches...

April 23, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The annual Trustees report on the financial health of Social Security Trust Funds says funds will be exhausted by 2033, three years sooner...

April 23, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A group of retirees is suing North Carolina’s employee health plan for breach of contract.

April 23, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Marymount Manhattan College refused to hire a choreography instructor for a tenure-track assistant professorship because of her age, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity...

April 23, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Florida Governor Rick Scott signed a measure to reduce contributions to public employees’ 401(k)-style accounts.