Benefits

October 11, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Microsoft employees will have to start contributing to their health-care coverage starting in 2013.

October 11, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Seventy-six percent of employers that froze pay during the last 18 months have either lifted their pay freezes or plan to do so...

October 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Wal-Mart Stores, the nation’s largest private-sector employer, plans to scrap its profit-sharing contributions in favor of a 401(k) match, according to a Bloomberg...

October 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The SFN Group Employee Confidence Index edged up 0.5 points to 48.7 in September.

October 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A settlement has been preliminarily approved in a consolidated class action lawsuit against National City Corporation, certain of its former officers and directors,...

October 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Renewable Energy Initiative (TREI) is encouraging companies across the country to add existing publicly traded renewable energy funds to their 401(k) investment...

October 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The latest survey from CareerBuilder and USA TODAY found that, hesitant to accelerate hiring to full capacity, employers are turning to interim solutions...

October 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) is reported to be finalizing what could be the first U.S. standard for calculating “cost per...

October 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Schwarzenegger administration and Service Employees International Union Local 1000 have reached a tentative labor agreement that includes higher contributions by California government...

October 7, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Forty-five percent of employees recently surveyed said they have health coverage from their employer, down from 50% in January 2008.

October 7, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new study finds one in five workers age 50 or above has retired from his old employment and moved into a new...

October 6, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - According to a survey conducted for insurer WellPoint, Inc., most employees (83%) think more highly of employers that offer voluntary insurance benefits than...

October 6, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Thirty companies and organizations won't be required to raise the minimum annual benefit included in low-cost health plans covering seasonal, part-time, or low-wage...

October 6, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Half of those in a recent poll sponsored by higher education lender Sallie Mae who don’t participate in a 529 plan say they...

October 6, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – St. Louis Post Dispatch LLC has to take a dispute over retiree health benefits to arbitration, a federal judge has ruled.

October 5, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Being financially stretched continues to be the number one reason for not contributing to employee-funded retirement plans, according to a recent survey.

October 5, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite proactive savings behaviors, 66% of boomers polled by the Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies said they are less confident in achieving a...

October 5, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Towers Watson survey found that a majority of workers (56%) would be willing to pay a higher amount from their paycheck to...

October 4, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – 3M Co. has announced it will eventually stop offering its health-insurance plan to retirees, citing the federal health care overhaul as a factor.

October 4, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Most benefit plan cost trend rates for 2011 will remain unchanged from 2010, according to the latest Segal Company forecasts.