Benefits

July 30, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Defined benefit pension income plays a critical role in reducing the risk of poverty and hardship among older Americans, according to a new...

July 30, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Two-thirds (67%) of private industry workers had access to retirement benefits in 2008, according to data from the Department of Labor's Bureau of...

July 30, 2009 (PLANPONSOR.com) - The pay gap between male and female full-time workers in 2008 was 20%, about the same as in 2007, according to a report...

July 29, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New research from The Principal Financial Group shows American business owners focus on the present with no long-term plan to exit or transition...

July 29, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The board of directors for PEGASYS, a public-access television station in Enid, Oklahoma, has approved a change in employee retirement plans.

July 28, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A survey from Sun Life Financial suggests an increase in health benefits costs to employees could lead them to reduce or eliminate other...

July 28, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Apparently "Venus" is tightening her belt more than "Mars"

July 28, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Half of employers say the economy has affected the benefits they offer their employees, according to a survey conducted by Colonial Life &...

July 28, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has agreed to pay up to $35 million to settle a class action lawsuit brought on behalf of 88,000 workers...

July 28, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR (b)lines) - Who says what happens in church has to be serious all the time? Not these people.

July 28, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A MetLife survey of 500 employees who receive dental benefits through their employer finds that employees feel they do not get sufficient information...

July 28, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Eighty-five percent of human resources managers surveyed by HighRoads, a provider of summary plan descriptions, consider SPDs to be both compliance and communications...

July 27, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While employers seem increasingly willing to allow workers to access social networking sites like Facebook while at work, there is a productivity cost,...

July 27, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new global survey commissioned by ING DIRECT finds Americans are less likely than people in other nations to sacrifice cars and pets...

July 27, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a new research report Deloitte reveals that while headcount reductions and other cutbacks remain prevalent, many surveyed executives are also beginning to...

July 27, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Starbucks announced to its U.S. employees (whom the company calls partners) that it will make the company discretionary match to the Future Roast...

July 27, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. employees recently surveyed say the economic downturn has affected their compensation.

July 27, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Kane County (Utah) Hospital employees whose 401(k) retirement plan accounts have been frozen by the Internal Revenue Service are threatening to sue the...

July 24, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Findings of a new survey suggest employers see flexible work arrangements as a way to cut costs during the recession without cutting employees.

July 24, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is seeking the return of bonuses and stock sale profits from a CEO who didn't have anything...