Benefits

April 13, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Missouri senators have endorsed legislation to change the state's public retirement systems, including increasing the minimum retirement age and requiring workers to start...

April 13, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Dartmouth College employees may soon receive cuts to their health and retirement benefit plans as part of an effort to reduce the college...

April 13, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Under a plan approved last week, Purdue University will reduce its retirement plan contribution and force employees to kick in 4%, but will make...

April 13, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR (b)lines) – Today is a special day in the workplace.

April 12, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new survey of employee confidence finds the number of employers making workplace cutbacks is dropping.

April 12, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new lawsuit accuses consultant Accenture LLP of racial discrimination for refusing to hire a Latino worker after finding he had a criminal...

April 12, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While the vast majority of Americans acknowledge the importance of planning for their retirement and long-term care, only 9% say their financial adviser...

April 12, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As a result of the economic crisis, changing life-stage expectations, and wide variations in investor preparedness and saving practices, the leisure retirement ideal...

April 12, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Purchasers of group long-term care insurance tended to be slightly older in 2009, and an increasing number selected less costly policy features, according...

April 12, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Controlling benefits costs is now the top benefits objective for employers, edging out employee retention for the first time since 2006, according to...

April 12, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A majority of employers that made changes to their retirement plans in response to the economic downturn expect to keep those changes in...

April 12, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – It has been famously said that there is nothing certain but death and taxes.

April 12, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A Democratic Congressman has introduced a bill that would prohibit employers from using credit checks when considering a job candidate.

April 7, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A coalition of mental health care benefits organizations has filed a suit seeking to prevent the implementation of an interim final rule requiring...

April 7, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Apparently Michigan isn’t the only state with executive branch “conflicts” over the status of the new federal health care legislation.

April 7, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Five more U.S. states will join a collective lawsuit challenging the new health reform law, Florida's attorney general said Wednesday.

April 7, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Some 56% of workers say they will be relying on their income tax refund to pay off their accumulated bills.

April 7, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The United Auto Workers has filed a lawsuit against General Motors, claiming the automaker owes the union $450 million as part of a...

April 7, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem announced that he will join a federal lawsuit filed by fourteen state attorneys general challenging the constitutionality...

April 7, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new survey commissioned by financial services company USAA finds more Baby Boomers are aware of their ability to convert individual retirement account...