Benefits

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 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 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 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...

October 20, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new report says that although the trend toward greater individual responsibility for retirement security will undoubtedly continue, there is much that employers,...

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 19, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Last week the legal profession was circling around another potential stock drop case.

October 19, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With the flu season having arrived, a new poll illustrates that many employees are taking their own precautions to avoid becoming ill at...

October 19, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Most young adults think they'll need to be millionaires before they retire, according to a new poll by the Northwestern Mutual Foundation's financial...

October 19, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Redefining defined contribution (DC) plans will dramatically improve outcomes for plan sponsors and participants, according to a new white paper released by Prudential...

October 19, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A survey conducted by the ING Institute for Retirement Research found that, despite the uncertain market conditions and negative headlines during the past...

October 19, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than three-quarters (77%) of U.S. chief financial officers and senior comptrollers surveyed said that among pricing pressures, they are most concerned about...

October 19, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The controversial 2003 promotional exam by the city of New Haven, Connecticut, that was the subject of a recent U.S. Supreme Court case...

October 16, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite concerns about cutting costs during the down economy, most employers are maintaining -- and in some cases increasing -- tax-free commuter benefits...

October 16, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Ceridian Benefits Services said the new COBRA subsidy enacted by the U.S. government may have been able to help greater numbers of displaced...

October 16, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Officials of an Arizona county have opted to take their concerns about spread of the swine or regular flu among their employees a...

October 15, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. retirement income system ranks sixth in what Mercer says is the world's first global pension index that compares private and public...