Benefits

February 18, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new study indicates that health plans are moving forward on diabetes quality efforts, but without “major transformations in approaches or outcomes.”

February 17, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – French President Nicolas Sarkozy has promised that a bill to reform the nation’s pension system will be ready for consideration by September.

February 17, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fidelity Investments' 401(k) highlights from the fourth quarter of 2009 as well as for the full year showed many participants in plans recordkept...

February 17, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Mercer's outsourcing business has seen a 40% increase in participant requests for calculations of their estimated defined benefit (DB) account values in 2009...

February 17, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has been ordered to pay $4.56 million in attorney fees and expenses to a Cedar Rapids, Iowa,...

February 17, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Foxwoods Resort Casino is suspending its 401(k) match for hourly employees to help offset a 2.5% salary hike for nonunion workers, according to...

February 13, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A plan sponsor charged with stealing from her company’s 401(k) plan has been sentenced to more than two years in prison.

February 11, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new survey found grumpy or moody coworkers and computer problems top the list of workplace irritations that cause workers stress.

February 11, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – U.S. Representative Gerry Connolly (D-Virginia) wants the Office of Personnel Management to consider incentives for employees who work remotely while the government is...

February 11, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A lawsuit charges that American Express Travel Related Services required customer service representatives to work unpaid overtime while booting up their computers, logging...

February 10, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new survey finds 25% of respondents would work all 365 days each year if that would double their monthly income.

February 10, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nortel Networks Corp. and units that filed for creditor protection in Canada have reached a settlement agreement on certain benefits for former Canadian...

February 10, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Are work colleagues making goo-goo eyes at each other everywhere you look these days?

February 10, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The talent mismatch, combined with multiple generations in the workforce, has accelerated the shift of power from employers to employees, and will change...

February 10, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com)–Defined contribution plans could end up with differing plan design features and differing results depending on the choice of providers such as recordkeepers or investment...

February 9, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Greece's government on Tuesday unveiled a change in the average retirement age and called on civil servants to accept bonus cuts to pull...

February 9, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – New 2010 projections show that salary increase budgets in the U.S. will be below 3% for the first time in more than two...

February 9, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – New Jersey state senators have introduced a package of bills to cut government pensions and health benefits.

February 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - 401(k) participants took positive savings actions within their retirement savings plans in Q4 and throughout 2009, according to the latest quarterly "401(k) Contribution...

February 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The value of golden parachutes for chief executives and other senior officers at America’s 20 largest publicly-traded companies has decreased by approximately 40%...