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Benefits | December 6th, 2011

Feeling “In Control” Leads to More Positive Savings Behaviors

December 6, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A survey from Lincoln Financial Group finds that, despite the economic challenges that have rocked the nation, Americans remain positive about their futures.

Benefits | December 6th, 2011

More Employers Celebrating the Holidays This Season

December 6, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A CareerBuilder survey found employees can expect more perks in the workplace this holiday season.

Benefits | December 6th, 2011

Sysco Settles Suit over Firing Employee for Parking Legally in Handicap Space

December 6, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Sysco Oklahoma LLC will pay $82,000 to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit.

Benefits | December 5th, 2011

EEOC Sues Butterball for Bias against HIV-Positive Employee

December 5, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged Butterball, LLC with discrimination against an HIV-positive employee.

Benefits | December 5th, 2011

Why Higher Ed Employees Are not Preparing Well for Retirement

December 5, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A recent survey from Fidelity indicated employees at higher education institutions are not preparing well for retirement. But why?

Benefits | December 2nd, 2011

Nearly Half of Workers Predict Benefits to be Cut in 2012

December 2, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Forty-eight percent of surveyed workers believe their companies will cut benefits in 2012.

Benefits | December 2nd, 2011

Small Business Employment Index Slightly Increased in November

December 2, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The November CBIZ Small Business Employment Index (SBEI) increased by .35% in November.

Benefits | December 2nd, 2011

Small Business Owners Support Idea of Lifelong Pension

December 2, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Eighty-two percent of small business owners believe that employees should have a pension benefit for life.

Benefits | December 2nd, 2011

Nurses File Discrimination Suit after Policy Change

December 2, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A dozen nurses in New Jersey have filed a lawsuit in federal court charging their employer with religious discrimination following a policy change...

Benefits | December 1st, 2011

DoL Creates Hotline for Former USProtect Corp. Employees

December 1, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Department of Labor has created a hotline for former employees of USProtect Corp.

Benefits | November 30th, 2011

Fidelity Analysis Finds Auto Enrollment Increases Plan Participation

November 30, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – An analysis by Fidelity Investments found more than half (51%) of its 401(k) participants are now in a plan that offers auto enrollment.

Benefits | November 30th, 2011

Survey Finds Americans Feel Financially Under-Protected

November 30, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - According to a survey sponsored by New York Life Insurance Company, 53% of U.S....

Benefits | November 30th, 2011

A Different Definition of the “American Dream” is Emerging

November 30, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new American Dream that is less conventional and more personalized is emerging, according to the fifth annual MetLife Study of the American Dream.

Benefits | November 30th, 2011

PBGC to Take Over Philadelphia Orchestra Pension Plans

November 30, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal bankruptcy judge agreed to allow the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation to take over the Philadelphia Orchestra’s pension plans, reports the New...

Benefits | November 30th, 2011

Americans Don’t Enjoy Vacations as Do Global Peers

November 30, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Expedia's Vacation Deprivation study found that on the whole, European workers enjoy considerably more vacation time, as measured by days given and days...

Benefits | November 29th, 2011

Military Families Losing Confidence in Retirement Savings

November 29, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The long-term financial confidence of military families is beginning to unravel, according to the First Command Financial Behaviors Index.

Benefits | November 29th, 2011

401(k) Sponsors Increasingly Focused on Investments

November 29, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - PSCA’s survey, 401(k) and Profit Sharing Plan Response to Current Conditions, finds while companies are in the process of restoring contributions, they are...

Benefits | November 29th, 2011

LASERS to Ask for Reduced Government Employer Pension Contributions

November 29, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (LASERS) wants a change to state law that will reduce state government employers' pension system contributions by...

Benefits | November 29th, 2011

Honolulu, San Francisco Top U.S. Cities in Quality of Living Survey

November 29, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Vienna has the best living standard in the world, according to the Mercer 2011 Quality of Living Survey.

Benefits | November 29th, 2011

Running Out of Money Top Retirement Concern Among Americans

November 29, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Thirty-one percent of Americans say running out of money is their top concern in retirement, according to the 2011 Franklin Templeton Retirement Income...

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