Benefits

Benefits | May 18th, 2011

Half of DC Plan Participants Invest in Asset Allocation Funds

May 18, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In research recently completed by Spectrem Group with defined contribution plan participants about half (50%) of the participants had some or all of...

Benefits | May 18th, 2011

DC Plan Participants Investing in More Funds

May 18, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - On average, defined contribution plan participants included 5.3 funds in their accounts in 2011 -- nearly double the number (2.7) they chose in...

Benefits | May 18th, 2011

The Principal Data Supports Increase in Auto Enroll Default

May 18, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - "Automatic enrollment is a powerful tool to encourage better retirement savings behavior, but we've found that most plan sponsors tend to set their...

Benefits | May 18th, 2011

Automated Programs, Advice Lead to Greater 401(k) Plan Results

May 18, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s Retirement & Benefit Plan Services quarterly report on plan participant contribution activities within its proprietary 401(k) business finds...

Benefits | May 17th, 2011

Job Transition Leaves Many With Questions About Balances

May 17, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – More than a third of participants in a recent Fidelity study who had made a job transition weren’t sure what...

Benefits | May 17th, 2011

Firms Use Non-Qualified Exec Benefits to Restore Lost Savings

May 17, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The fifth annual MullinTBG-PLANSPONSOR Executive Benefits Survey shows companies and executives are looking to nonqualified deferred compensation plans (NQDCPs) as a valuable tool...

Benefits | May 17th, 2011

Report Says Small Business Surge Fuels Cash Balance Boom

May 17, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A cash balance plan consultant says that those programs are now the fastest growing sector of the retirement plan market.

Benefits | May 17th, 2011

Study Finds Workers Lacking Backup Plan for Retirement

May 17, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – If you’re planning to work past – or through – retirement – you have company, according to new research.

Benefits | May 17th, 2011

S&P 500 CEOs See Comp Increase by 28% in 2010

May 17, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Median total compensation for S&P 500 CEOs grew by 28.2% from 2009 to 2010, marking a significant increase in pay after two consecutive...

Benefits | May 17th, 2011

Governments Seeing Increase in Retirements

May 17, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Retaining staff needed for core services, reducing employee health care costs, and addressing employee morale and workload problems are the top workforce issues...

Benefits | May 17th, 2011

AICPA Finds Strong Hiring Demand for Accounting Grads

May 17, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly 90% of accounting firms forecast the same or increased hiring of graduates this year compared with 2010, and nearly three quarters (71%)...

Benefits | May 17th, 2011

Pay Most Important HR Priority for Financial Services Firms

May 17, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Over 40% of senior human resources professionals from the financial services industry identified risk adjustments to financials or incentive pools as the most...

Benefits | May 17th, 2011

Johns Hopkins University Starts Comprehensive Benefits Review

May 17, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Johns Hopkins University has embarked on a comprehensive review of its benefits package with the aim of reducing costs by $15 million annually.

Benefits | May 16th, 2011

Workforce Health a Higher Priority for Multinationals

May 16, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Faced with rising health care costs and a growing concern over the health of their employees, a vast majority of multinational organizations plan...

Benefits | May 13th, 2011

Keller Rohrback Launches Another ERISA Investigation

May 13, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Keller Rohrback L.L.P. says that it is investigating several life insurance companies for potential violations of various state consumer protection...

Benefits | May 13th, 2011

Disney Aligns Pensions, Drops DB Plan for New Hires

May 13, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Walt Disney Company is combining its two separate pension plans and will only offer a 401(k) plan to employees hired after December...

Benefits | May 13th, 2011

Social Security Assets to be Adequate for Next 10 Years

May 13, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The assets of the Old Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and of the combined OASI and Disability Insurance Trust Funds are projected...

Benefits | May 13th, 2011

BofA Merrill Lynch Faces Religious Bias Suit

May 13, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A former Merrill Lynch branch manager has accused the firm of discriminating against him for being a member of the Church of Jesus...

Benefits | May 13th, 2011

Higher Retirement Age not All That’s Needed to Address Longevity

May 13, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Recent reforms will still be insufficient to cover increased pension costs in the future, despite increases in retirement ages in half of Organisation...

Benefits | May 13th, 2011

Detroit Mayor Wants Switch to 403(b)s

May 13, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Facing a $155-million deficit and the prospect of the state appointing an emergency financial manager, Detroit Mayor Dave Bing has unveiled the details...

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