Benefits

January 9, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Seyfarth Shaw’s annual Workplace Class Action Litigation Report indicates a sluggish economic recovery and several groundbreaking rulings by the U.S. Supreme Court in...

January 6, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Michigan filed a lawsuit asking a federal court to strike down a new state...

January 6, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley is weighing a proposal to shift some of the pension costs for the state’s public school teachers to the...

January 5, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – HighRoads’ November “Pulse Survey” revealed most employers (80%) do not intend to drop healthcare coverage in 2014, when healthcare exchanges are made available...

January 5, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Illinois Governor Pat Quinn has signed into law pension reforms aimed at fixing some loopholes in the system.

January 5, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Canadians across three generations want to retire before 65, but don’t seem financially prepared to achieve that goal.

January 4, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Bank of Albuquerque discharged two managers because they were women and over 40 years of age.

January 3, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Grand Central Partnership, Inc. (GCP) violated a consent decree and committed new illegal acts, according to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).

January 3, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Four out of 10 employers expect to devote more time addressing retirement plan governance over the next two years.

January 3, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – New research indicates Americans could retire up to 10 years early and with a higher standard of living if they did so outside...

January 3, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – New research indicates that having employer-sponsored retiree health benefits could encourage workers...

January 3, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A Connecticut law that guarantees workers the right to earn paid sick leave took effect on January 1.  

January 3, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Minneapolis’ closed police and firefighters’ pension funds have merged into the statewide public safety pension plan.

January 3, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A judge has halted changes to the pension plans of workers at Erie County, Pennsylvania's two nursing homes.

December 30, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - Employers expect to add jobs in the New Year, but are waiting to see how the economy...

December 29, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Aon Hewitt released its 401(k) Index Observations for the month of November.

December 29, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than one in five Americans were in families with problems paying medical bills in 2010.

 December 27, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is suing a power grid operator for...

December 27, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Thomaston, Connecticut’s police officers’ union has agreed to eliminate pensions for newly hired officers, and health benefits after they retire, to save the...

December 23, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – An online petition calls for an independent investigation into allegations the Screen Actors Guild CEO raided the Guild’s health and pension fund for...