Benefits

June 15, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The majority of teachers in California support financial literacy education in the K-12 curriculum, and they seem ready to deliver.

June 14, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A teacher at a Florida religious school who was fired after admitting she had become pregnant before getting married is suing her former employer.

June 14, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Employers can expect medical costs to increase by 9% in 2011, a decrease of 0.5% from 2010, according to a new report from...

June 14, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A business trade group has honored 66 large employers for their healthy workplace policies.

June 11, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Many  received less satisfactory benefits education in 2009 even though employer cutbacks and provider price hikes produced benefits package changes, a new survey...

June 11, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new study by Russell Investments finds that on average, over 50% of Canadian retirees’ income comes from government transfers.

June 11, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty is proposing changes to bolster retirement savings in the country, including enhancing the country’s public pension plan.

June 11, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Gender, marital status, age, education, and other demographic variables have a significant impact on the likelihood of a worker receiving a retirement annuity...

June 11, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Poor health is the top reason why workers decide to take early retirement, but factors such as high work pressure and low job...

June 11, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) –The California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS) is in support of two reform measures that limit controversial pension practices.

June 11, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Two contract employees of Hewitt Associates were indicted this week for stealing money from retirement accounts.

June 10, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Fifty percent of those participating in a recent personal finance poll said they have significant regrets about how they’ve handled their financial situation.

June 10, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A recent job posting told unemployed candidates not to apply.

June 10, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Voters in San Francisco approved a ballot measure that will reduce the city’s pension costs.

June 10, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new report from Mercer suggests that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) will result in the U.S. continuing to operate...

June 10, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – More job applicants are going the extra mile in trying to get noticed these days, according to a new CareerBuilder survey of hiring...

June 10, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Wackenhut Corporation has agreed to a $290,000-settlement of allegations the security company discriminated against 446 rejected African-American applicants.

June 9, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Employers considering looking for a new defined contribution (DC) provider in the next two years are almost equally concerned with understanding legislation,...

June 9, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Employer costs for employee compensation averaged $29.71 per hour worked in March 2010, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported.

June 9, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The majority (51%) of private company CEOs express confidence in the U.S. economy for the first time since Q207, according to PricewaterhouseCooper’s Private...