Benefits

Benefits | May 3rd, 2011

Investors Still Contribute to Target-Date Funds after Retirement

May 3, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While asset managers have had several years to observe the contribution habits of investors saving for retirement using target-date funds, they’ve only had...

Benefits | May 3rd, 2011

Saving for Retirement Ranks Ninth on List of Employee Concerns

May 3, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - When asked to categorize a list of personal and financial concerns, 64% of respondents to a recent survey said “needing to save for...

Benefits | May 3rd, 2011

Benefits Education Lower in Importance to Employers

May 3, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Though employees are expected to take on more decision-making and financial responsibility for their employee benefits, employee education and communications have become a...

Benefits | May 3rd, 2011

Employees Perceived Value of Benefits Declining

May 3, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Prudential’s Fifth Annual Study of Employee Benefits: Today & Beyond finds that as employers shift to a more employee-driven benefits model, employees’ satisfaction...

Benefits | May 3rd, 2011

Benefits Landscape Shifting to a More Employee-Driven Model

May 3, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Among plan sponsors surveyed in Prudential’s Fifth Annual Study of Employee Benefits: Today & Beyond, 71% say their overall benefits cost per employee...

Benefits | May 3rd, 2011

403(b) Webcast: The Role of Guaranteed Fixed Annuities in 403(b) Plans

May 3, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – In a recent Webcast, speakers from Fidelity Investments said 403(b) sponsors should carefully review existing fixed annuity contracts to understand all liquidity and...

Benefits | May 2nd, 2011

Study Says Wellness Programs Lower Health Care Costs

May 2, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new longitudinal study conducted among participants in Discovery Holding’s incentive-based wellness program, Vitality, indicates that wellness programs incorporating positive incentives can lead...

Benefits | April 29th, 2011

Recession Leads to Record Drop in Workplace Health Coverage: EBRI

April 29, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) reports that the percentage of workers who received employment-based health benefits through their...

Benefits | April 29th, 2011

Decreased Employer Contributions to Pensions Removed from Ohio Bill

April 29, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The proposed Ohio state budget bill no longer includes language that would set the pension contributions for public employers and their employees to...

Benefits | April 29th, 2011

EBRI Finds Drop in Health Care Coverage during Recession

April 29, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New data shows that 2009 marked both the sharpest one-year decline in employment-based health coverage for working age Americans, and also the first...

Benefits | April 29th, 2011

GAO: Retirement Landscape Shift Creates Disproportionate Benefits

April 29, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new report from the Government Accountability Office contends that the shift from a traditional defined benefit retirement plan landscape to more defined...

Benefits | April 29th, 2011

Despite Improved Finances Employees Still not Confident about Retirement

April 29, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Research from Financial Finesse shows employees have improved their finances, but retirement preparedness is at record lows.

Benefits | April 29th, 2011

OK Pension Commission Recommends Nixing Unfunded COLAs

April 29, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Oklahoma State Pension Commission approved a recommendation that legislators not grant cost-of-living adjustments for state retirees without appropriating money to fund them.

Benefits | April 28th, 2011

Canadian Workers Say They Feel Guilty If They Call in Sick

April 28, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new CareerBuilder Canada survey finds that 66% of workers typically go to work when they are sick.

Benefits | April 28th, 2011

Most 401(k) Participants not Aware of Fees They Pay

April 28, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – In a recent survey by AARP, more than seven in ten (71%) 401(k) plan participants incorrectly reported that they do not pay any...

Benefits | April 27th, 2011

Firms Should Offer More Help to Retiring Employees

April 27, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Benefits directors in the U.S. report that their organizations do not do enough to help employees make critical decisions at the point of...

Benefits | April 27th, 2011

CDHP Enrollment Grew 22% in 2010

April 27, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The number of workers enrolled in Consumer-Directed Health Plans (CDHPs) grew by 22% in 2010, up from 23 million in 2009 to 28...

Benefits | April 27th, 2011

Tough Job Market Giving College Grads Bleak Outlook

April 27, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A vast majority (71%) of recent college graduates would have done something differently while in college to better prepare for the job market,...

Benefits | April 26th, 2011

Study Finds DC Plans May Have a Role in Public Sector

April 26, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new study concludes that defined contribution plans may well have a role in the public sector, but in combination with, not as...

Benefits | April 26th, 2011

CT Lawmakers to Look into Pension Spiking by State Employees

April 26, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Connecticut Senate Appropriations Committee has approved legislation requiring the Program Review and Investigations Committee to study the current limit on the number...