Benefits

Benefits | April 26th, 2011

Report Finds Congregations Recovering from Hard Recession

April 26, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new report indicates the worst may be over for many American congregations hit hard by the recession.

Benefits | April 25th, 2011

CalPERS Issues Public Employee Benefits Education to Elected Officials

April 25, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) has produced an “elected official toolkit,” a primer on the funding of public employee pension and...

Benefits | April 25th, 2011

Music Still the Top Choice for Passing Work Commute Time

April 25, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The “Road Wage” survey by The Workforce Institute at Kronos Incorporated found listening to music is still the number one work commute activity.

Benefits | April 25th, 2011

Commute Makes Some Workers “Sick”

April 25, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new survey reveals that more than 5,000,000 employed American adults have called in to work sick to avoid their commute.

Benefits | April 25th, 2011

Increased CDHP Use not Likely to Have Adverse Affects

April 25, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Researchers have found that in almost all cases, consumer-directed health plan (CDHP) benefit designs affect lower income populations and the chronically ill to...

Benefits | April 25th, 2011

Bright Ideas: Insights from PLANSPONSOR's Retirement Plan Adviser of the Year and Finalists

April 25, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Sister publication PLANADVISER recently introduced the winners and finalists for the 2011 PLANSPONSOR Retirement Plan Adviser of the Year and Adviser Team...

Benefits | April 22nd, 2011

KRS Puts Staff Salaries Online

April 22, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Another public retirement system has brought its salary records online.

Benefits | April 22nd, 2011

AP, Union Reach Deal on Pension

April 22, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Associated Press has reached a tentative labor agreement covering about 1,200 newsroom and technology workers after six months of...

Benefits | April 22nd, 2011

Pre-1980 MLB Retirees to Receive a Pension

April 22, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Major League Baseball’s Commissioner’s office and players union announced that players who played between 1947 and 1980 but not long enough to qualify...

Benefits | April 22nd, 2011

Workplace DC Offering Key to Retirement Readiness

April 22, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New research from the nonpartisan Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) shows that being eligible to participate in a defined contribution retirement plan at...

Benefits | April 21st, 2011

Employees Want to Improve “Green” Practices

April 21, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - According to OfficeMax's 2011 Green Workplace survey nearly two in three (64%) working Americans think their current employer could do a better job...

Benefits | April 21st, 2011

Many Admin Professionals not Getting Recognition

April 21, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than one-quarter (27%) of senior managers interviewed by OfficeTeam said administrative professionals don't receive enough recognition on a regular basis.

Benefits | April 21st, 2011

One-Third Admit to Using Work E-mail Inappropriately

April 21, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Thirty-two percent of respondents to a recent survey said they feel they use their company email inappropriately.

Benefits | April 21st, 2011

Financial Concerns Affecting Employee Productivity

April 21, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - PricewaterhouseCoopers U.S.'s 2011 Financial Wellness Survey shows that the high degree of stress caused by financial worries is also having an impact on...

Benefits | April 21st, 2011

Retirement not the Most Pressing Financial Concern for Employees

April 21, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Meeting day-to-day expenses is now more of a concern for U.S. employees than funding retirement, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers U.S.'s 2011 Financial Wellness Survey.

Benefits | April 20th, 2011

Health Care Costs Rank High on Employer Priorities

April 20, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – While a large number of employers expect an increase in the cost of providing benefits to employees, two-thirds are making no immediate changes...

Benefits | April 20th, 2011

Many Workplace Bullies Don’t Get Reported

April 20, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Twenty-seven percent of workers in a recent survey admitted they’ve been bullied in the workplace and most have neither confronted the bully nor reported the...

Benefits | April 20th, 2011

Large Employers Reconsidering Retiree Health Care

April 20, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Most large employers are now beginning to rethink their retiree health care strategy as a result of federal health care reform, according to...

Benefits | April 19th, 2011

Most Often-Cited Reason for Staying at a Job: I Like It

April 19, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A consulting firm survey has found that the top reason offered by workers for staying in their current job is because they like...

Benefits | April 19th, 2011

Half of Workers Say Performance Reviews Don’t Work

April 19, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – New research finds employee disillusionment with the traditional performance review process.