Benefits

September 16, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A survey by insurance provider MetLife finds having life insurance and the amount of proceeds from that benefit are key factors in the...

September 16, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A survey by a Nashville recruiting firm found that 40% of employers are planning to rehire some former workers they laid off as...

September 15, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The latest Principal Financial Well-Being Index finds more workers saying their retirement balances are rising or at least no longer declining.

September 15, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR (b)lines) - This past Sunday was Grandparents' Day, and as I was remembering mine, I culled the Internet for quotes about grandparents, finding some...

September 15, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A New Jersey pharmacy technician has filed suit against her employer, charging she now suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder stemming from a company...

September 15, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Premiums for employer-sponsored health insurance rose to $13,375 annually for family coverage this year - with employees on average paying $3,515 and employers...

September 15, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Some 41% of employers in a new CareerBuilder poll have hired a U.S. veteran or a National Guard member in the last six...

September 15, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new report from The Principal suggests that actively sponsored non-profit plans, including 403(b) plans, are achieving the same level of success as...

September 15, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers running their 2009 open enrollment programs are expected to show employees a lot that looks familiar as companies continue trying to shave...

September 15, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Allstate Insurance Company has agreed to pay $4.5 million to about 90 older former employees as part of a settlement in an age...

September 14, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fewer than 5% of employers polled planned a reduction or elimination of their health and productivity programs.

September 11, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Portsmouth (UK) City Council has banned Facebook for all employees.

September 10, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - If employers made no changes to their employee medical plans in 2010, they would see cost rise by nearly 9%, according to Mercer,...

September 10, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers spent an average of $1.29 for employee retirement and savings plans for every hour worked in June 2009, accounting for 4.4% of...

September 10, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The recent market tumult certainly took a toll on participant balances, but a new report suggests that it might have been less than...

September 10, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - According to the 31st annual Salary Increase Survey conducted by Hewitt Associates, 29.2% of Canadian organizations froze salaries this year - the most...

September 10, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - State and local governments trying to find a way to prefund for their Other Post Employment Benefits (OPEB), including retiree health care, have...

September 10, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A recent Opinion Research Corporation telephone survey sponsored by CIGNA found a majority of Americans, most with insurance, say the current health care...

September 9, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new study shows that most workers do not understand their retirement savings plans as well as other employer-provided benefits.

September 8, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR (b)lines) - Hardcore Internet junkies in the U.S. now have their very own version of the Betty Ford clinic.