Benefits

December 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Contributions to 401(k) plans increased in the last year, according to the latest Principal Financial Well-Being Index, as many investors' spirits seem to...

December 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The First Command Financial Behaviors Index reveals that 23% of middle-class Americans who own a traditional IRA have yet to decide if they...

December 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Fewer than one-third of employers surveyed by Mercer say they will offer the in-plan Roth conversion feature before 2012, and 45% say they...

December 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Eighty-four percent of those in a recent Ernst & Young poll said managing the changes resulting from health-care reform is a very important or...

December 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – State and local government employers spent an average of $26.25 per hour worked for employee wages and salaries in September 2010, the U.S....

December 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The bad news from a recent Wells Fargo & Company survey was that many respondents do not have a realistic clue about how...

December 7, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has sued a North Carolina restaurant for subjecting male employees to a sexually hostile work environment...

December 7, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse and Wine Bar, at DC Ranch in Scottsdale, Arizona, will pay $248,750 to three former male employees to settle a...

December 7, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The former and current owners of the Sahara Hotel & Casino, on the Las Vegas strip, will pay a total of $100,000 and...

December 7, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Potential tax increases will lead to a higher number of households at risk in retirement, according to a new study.

December 7, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Minneapolis-St. Paul residents are the best prepared for and confident about retirement, according to a new poll.

December 7, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski's Reset Cabinet recommended cuts to Oregon state workers' pension plans that reportedly could result in more than $511 million...

December 7, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Fifty-four percent of those recently polled say they couldn’t meet basic financial needs if they lost their income for 90 days or more.

December 7, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – If you’re driving in California next week, you might want to be especially careful.  

December 7, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Karen Janway, Director, Benefits and Administrative Support, Presbyterian Healthcare Services, has been through three Internal Revenue Service audits and two Department of Labor...

December 6, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A study performed by People Security under a research grant from 3M found that 67% of working professionals had worked with some type...

December 6, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – With $4.2 trillion in assets, individual retirement accounts (IRA) accounted for more than one-quarter of all U.S. retirement wealth in the second quarter...

December 6, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The average total plan cost for a small retirement plan (100 participants) is 1.33%, while the average total plan cost for a large...

December 6, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new survey claims that Waco, Texas it the best of the “Best Places for Military Retirement.”

 

December 3, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Illinois Senate has approved police and firefighter pension legislation that essentially is a trade-off between police and fire unions wanting to keep...