Benefits

November 4, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As they have elsewhere in the retirement plan market, 401(k) auto plan features have taken hold in a big way among mid- to...

November 4, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. received final approval on Monday of a settlement in which it will pay between $65 million and $85 million to...

November 3, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - At a working lunch sponsored by Cammack LaRhette Consulting, Fred Reish of the law firm Reish & Reicher said the focus in the...

November 3, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Austin (Texas) City Manager Marc Ott has informed the City Council that COBRA-like benefits will be made available to the same-sex domestic partners...

November 3, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers are showing unprecedented generosity in providing Thanksgiving holiday leave, while the level of gift giving is at a 16-year low, according to...

November 3, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - American workers may have a new reason to prefer setting the clocks back to end daylight savings time over setting the clocks forward...

November 3, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A recent survey of small business owners or managers shows fewer of them planning to give end-of-year bonuses or gifts to their workers.

November 3, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Among the covered Americans who have consumer-driven health plans (CDHPs), workers with employee-only coverage have seen their annual employer contributions decrease, while those...

November 3, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Some people are just naturally bad drivers according to new research suggesting individuals born with a certain variant of a gene don't stay...

November 2, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Qwest Communications today said that it will no longer provide future pension benefit accruals for active management employees under the Qwest Pension Plan...

November 2, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - According to a recent survey, there's a common type of workplace theft -- and it has nothing to do with missing office supplies...

November 2, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The recent economic turmoil brought great change to the markets, but a recent survey by a defined contribution plan consultant indicates most of...

November 2, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Bank of America Merrill Lynch Retirement & Benefit Plan Services' quarterly report on plan and participant activities within its proprietary 401(k) business finds...

November 2, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Wisconsin Office of the Commissioner of Insurance (OCI) has issued an emergency rule implementing a new law that extends health insurance coverage...

October 30, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly half (49%) of financial services firm CFOs surveyed said their companies are reducing employee bonuses in the next six months, according to...

October 30, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Computer giant IBM announced Friday that it will pay 100% of the cost of its U.S. employees' primary health care expenses starting in...

October 29, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A recent Watson Wyatt survey of large employers found that 35% of those that reduced their 401(k) match anticipate reversing that decision in...

October 29, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With Halloween just days away, a new survey of HR professionals about their performance appraisal experiences finds widespread fear of workplace "vampires" and...

October 29, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - According to CareerBuilder's Halloween survey, 18% of workers reported their workplaces are scary, and 7% said their boss or supervisor is the scariest...

October 29, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In its recent survey of nearly 1,200 American Payroll Association (APA) members, CyberShift found 76% of respondents estimated that up to 10% of...