Benefits

April 21, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a judgment against Raceway Petroleum and its owner Nicholas Kambitsis to pay $3.9 million in unpaid...

April 21, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – One-in-ten employers say they have added environmentally-focused positions in the last 12 months and nearly 10% plan to add more in 2010.

April 21, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new survey from Buck Consultants shows that the number of U.S. employers with formal “green workplace” programs rose last year, and many...

April 21, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new guide designed to help employers improve the delivery of child and adolescent behavioral services, and provide services for family caregivers is...

April 21, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Research by Towers Watson finds that 53% of U.K. respondents say the economic events of the past 12 months have had no effect...

April 20, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Oklahoma GOP state legislative leaders have announced they will file a lawsuit challenging the new health care reform law.

April 20, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Louisiana House of Representatives has decided that elected officials and public employees who commit crimes and serve time in prison still should...

April 20, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Results of the 2010 UBA Employer Opinion Survey indicate that nearly all (99.4%) top decision makers are concerned with the impact health care...

April 20, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Four large U.S. insurers have announced they will voluntarily allow college students to stay on their parents' health coverage past graduation before being...

April 19, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal appellate court has handed a former Iowa bank teller her second defeat in a lawsuit against her former employer over allegations...

April 19, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Delmarva Power of Delaware is asking state regulators to alter the way its rates are calculated so that customers rather than stockholders make...

April 19, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Michigan Senate has approved a measure that would place new public school employees in a hybrid retirement plan that combines the traditional...

April 19, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A North Carolina county has decided to cut back on its 401(k) match to help close a budget gap.

April 16, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A survey from ING U.S. Retirement Services shows that those in a workplace plan are more confident, informed, and proactive when it comes...

April 16, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A national survey of U.S. CFOs and senior comptrollers conducted by Grant Thornton LLP found their number one cost concern (still) is the...

April 16, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal judge in Rhode Island has rebuffed union efforts to challenge the state’s right to change retiree health benefits two years ago.

April 16, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – San Francisco employers will have to dig a little deeper in their pockets next year to pay for the required health care spending...

April 16, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Sacramento Bee and the First Amendment Coalition have filed a lawsuit to compel the Sacramento County Employees' Retirement System to release the...

April 15, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Two Columbia, Missouri, sanitation workers are accused of taking dozens of cases of expired beer from the city landfill.

April 15, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Employers need to take steps now to comply with provisions of the recently passed health reform legislation regarding Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), Hewitt...