Benefits

October 27, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Columbia Township (Michigan) Board has approved restoring match contributions to government employees' 457(b) retirement plan.

October 27, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite the Wall Street turmoil and the economic downturn, the number of employees joining 401(k) plans serviced by Charles Schwab actually increased.

October 26, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The new 403(b) regulations and the recent market volatility, combined with heightened fiduciary concerns, led more health care organization retirement plan sponsors to...

October 26, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new survey finds small business owners are ready to pick up hiring, but feel the inability to afford benefits may hinder them...

October 26, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While recent proposals to boost retirement savings for workers without access to employer-sponsored plans could increase the portion of Americans saving for retirement,...

October 26, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - MassMutual Retirement Services' quarterly analysis of plans it administers indicates plan participants are more engaged in their retirement planning and saving, and are...

October 23, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new survey from J.P. Morgan finds 401(k) participants embrace the responsibility of controlling their retirement savings, but without confidence to succeed.

October 23, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Starting January 1, 2010, General Motors Co. will offer only high-deductible consumer-driven health plans (CDHPs) to its 24,000 salaried employees.

October 22, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - One in four employers now offer employees choice in the benefits they receive, with a third of the remainder also considering doing so,...

October 22, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The latest Sun Life Financial Unretirement Index shows there is a growing concern among American workers that they have not done enough to...

October 22, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An Australian brewery worker was terminated after being caught driving with a blood alcohol reading of 0.154, three times the legal limit.

October 22, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Public Fund Survey sponsored by the National Association of State Retirement Administrators and the National Council on Teacher Retirement indicates that the...

October 22, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New research suggests that people who are tight with their money often end up marrying those who spend more freely.

October 22, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - FMC Technologies Inc. announced it has frozen its defined benefit plans and is increasing contributions to it defined contribution plans.

October 21, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A just-completed pilot project sponsored by the Boeing Company shows that re-engineering primary health care, especially for the chronically ill, can dramatically improve...

October 21, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers' investment in workers' retirement benefits, measured by benefit values as a percentage of pay, has dropped consistently over the last decade, according...

October 20, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Forty percent of respondents in a new plan sponsor survey believe the worst of the current economic turmoil has come to an end,...

October 20, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new Vanguard Group study finds only 13% of respondents strongly agreed with the view that their retirement had been permanently impaired by...

October 20, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR (b)lines) - People are more likely to wash their hands properly after using the toilet if they are shamed into it or think they...

October 20, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The gap between average pay for federal and private sector workers rose 1.25% during the past year, the Federal Salary Council reported, according...