Benefits

July 18, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Rhode Island judge is scheduled to weigh arguments in a lawsuit by public-employee unions challenging reductions in pension benefits.

July 18, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal court has agreed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) that national clothing retail giant Abercrombie & Fitch, doing business...

July 18, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new study from The Hartford found increased participation among many Americans in 401(k)s and other defined contribution (DC) plans.  

July 15, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Louisville, Kentucky, Mayor Greg Fischer will sign an executive order that extends health insurance benefits to the domestic partners of Metro Government employees.

July 15, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A New Hampshire judge has rejected a request from the New Hampshire Retirement System to immediately block implementation of part of a new...

July 15, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Gainey & McKenna and Harwood Feffer LLP, plaintiffs’ Co-Lead Counsel, and Popular, Inc. announce that a Settlement has been preliminarily approved by the...

July 15, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Eastern Niagara Hospital-Lockport registered nurses picketed outside the hospital last week in a fight to keep the retirement plan they say the hospital...

July 14, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly half of all businesses do not have social media and networking policies in place, despite the fact that 76% use social networking...

July 14, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The New Hampshire Retirement System has asked a court to block implementation of the part of a new pension reform law dealing with...

July 14, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Survey results from Fidelity Investments reveal more than half (55%) of current workplace savings plan participants say they would not be saving for...

July 14, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Institutional Retirement Income Council (IRIC), a non-profit think tank for the institutional retirement industry, has published a new issue brief outlining critical...

July 14, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Two dozen Dallas City Hall workers received reprimands or counseling after a recent probe found that they were spending too much time on...

July 14, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Another way for sponsors to ask “Is my plan design effective,” is to ask “Are participant behaviors effectively improving their retirement security,” according...

July 12, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new study sponsored by SunAmerica Financial Group, of which VALIC is a member, in collaboration with Age Wave found a significant shift...

July 12, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Shifting and uncertain target dates for retirement are becoming the norm in the American workforce, making it harder for employees to establish meaningful...

July 12, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The results of the 12th Annual Transamerica Retirement Survey reveal employer confidence is rising and it appears to be translating into a renewed...

July 12, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fidelity Investments found that the majority of workers with employee stock option, stock purchase and restricted stock plans have sold shares obtained via...

July 12, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Luanda in Angola is the world’s most expensive city for expatriates for the second year running, according to Mercer’s 2011 Cost of Living...

July 12, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new report by the Mackinac Center for Public Policy found that a 14-year-old reform that ended defined pension benefits for...

July 11, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new analysis from the nonpartisan Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) finds that the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform proposed tax...