Benefits

September 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Far more organizations provide defined contribution retirement plan participants with general educational materials about the plan and about investing than provide participants with individual...

September 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new Mercer study found that 53% of employers surveyed predicted they will be able to keep grandfathered status for all their plans next...

September 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new Hewitt Associates study of the Roth 401(k) feature found that 29% of mid- to large-sized employers offer it and 25% are...

September 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Global companies that take an active approach to employee health and well-being can see a positive impact on their bottom line, according to...

September 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Private industry employers spent an average of $27.64 per hour worked for employee compensation in June 2010, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics...

September 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Fidelity Investments study finds that less than a third (30%) of investors who are newly eligible to complete a Roth IRA conversion...

September 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Longer life spans, increased personal responsibility for retirement savings, and the recent market downturn can seriously impact a person’s retirement preparedness and most...

September 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Over the past decades, defined-benefit plans have been replaced, for the most part, by defined-contribution plans like 401(k) plans. 

September 7, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Preliminary results of Aon Canada's annual Pay Increase Survey show salary increase budgets will be approximately 3% of payroll in 2011.

September 7, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Pay increase budgets for non-profit organizations continued falling over the past 12 months, according to Compdata.

September 7, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Male couch potatoes who work more than 40 hours a week could be just asking for heart trouble, a new study finds.

September 7, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - According to a new survey by Anova Consulting Group, new small-market 401(k) plan sponsors (those that have worked as a sponsor for less...

September 7, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Troubled by continued high unemployment and a lackluster job market, half of middle-class consumers believe the U.S. has moved into a double-dip recession.

September 7, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Towers Watson Global Talent Management and Rewards Survey notes that the economic crisis forced many companies globally to take cost management or...

September 7, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new survey by job Web site Elance finds 70% of freelance workers are happier with that work style than holding a full-time...

September 7, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While average national salary increases awarded in 2010 were higher than those granted in 2009, they are still considerably lower than raises provided...

September 7, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – U.S. companies report plans for a “cautiously optimistic hiring pace” for the fourth quarter of 2010, with continuing economic concerns taking their toll.

September 7, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The New York Comptroller’s Office, which oversees retirement benefits for state workers, is taking heat for suggesting on its Web site that employees...

September 7, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New employees hired at University of South Alabama hospitals, clinics, and physician offices on or after October 1 will be offered a new...

September 3, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Plan sponsors who move to a cash balance plan from a traditional defined benefit (DB) program may not always realize they are trading...