Benefits

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...

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...

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