Benefits

August 30, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Employers struggling with anemic takeup rates for workplace benefits programs may just need to pick the right time to announce it, a new...

August 30, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Thirty-eight percent of respondents to a recent survey said their overwhelming future concern was how to fund large expenses such as retirement or...

August 30, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new survey by Hewitt Associates shows that companies are spending less on pay raises and variable pay awards in 2010 than they...

August 30, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Degrees from an online university may still not have as much street cred as those from a traditional school, but a new survey...

August 27, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An employee for a Norfolk agency has been collecting pay and benefits for 12 years without ever showing up for work.

August 26, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Fifty-five percent of U.S. employee respondents to a recent survey said workers wearing casual attire are more productive than those wearing more traditional...

August 26, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Caterpillar Inc. said management, support and other nonunion employees in the U.S. will switch from a defined benefit pension plan to a 401(k)...

August 25, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Wal-Mart has asked the nation’s high court to review an appellate ruling that allowed as many as 1.5 million women to sue the...

August 25, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Some 65% of employers plan to increase health coverage cost sharing next year for things such as deductibles, co-pays, and out-of-pocket maximums, according to...

August 25, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Ontario government announced it will implement strict funding rules in an effort to mend Ontario's pension system, which was hit hard by...

August 25, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – MetLife has found that over two-thirds (69%) of Public Administration employers and 51% of Education employers offer retirement seminars to their employees, compared...

August 25, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The International Data Corporation (IDC) forecasts that U.S. employee benefits outsourcing services spending in 2010 will grow 3.8% over 2009.

August 24, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A city of Chicago Police Sergeant has sued his employer over allegations he did not receive requisite overtime pay for hours spent responding...

August 24, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The rate of growth of U.S. consumer driven health plans (CDHP) has fallen by about half in 2010, according to the 2010 UBA...

August 24, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Muslim woman who has filed a discrimination complaint against Disney Co. says she won't wear a specially designed hat instead of her...

August 24, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – For the ninth year running, the Principal Financial Group has named 10 Best Companies for Employee Financial Security.  

August 24, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new survey finds continued expansion of participant-friendly plan features. 

 

August 23, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Two studies by insurer MetLife found only 28% of full-time employees said they have heard of critical illness insurance (CII), but many of those confused it...

August 23, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will remove patient out-of-pocket costs for preventive care services under many plans beginning in 2011 and...

August 23, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fewer than half of U.S. workers today (43%) believe they are underpaid for the work they do, down from 51% in 2008, according...