Benefits

August 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new analysis from Hewitt Associates reveals that COBRA enrollments have doubled since the U.S. government enacted a new subsidy to help pay...

August 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Consumer Driven Health Plans (CDHPs) in the U.S. have surpassed HMO plans in covered employees, according to preliminary results released by United Benefit...

August 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - TIAA-CREF was selected, along with four other providers, for the Iowa Department of Administrative Services Statewide 457(b) and 401(a) Plans.

August 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Dell Inc. has agreed to settle a federal gender discrimination lawsuit for $9.1 million.

August 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Children are bundles of joy, but new data shows they are a bundle of expense too.

August 17, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The law firms of Berger & Montague, P.C., Keller Rohrback, LLP and Ann Miller, LLC announced that a settlement has been proposed in...

August 17, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Results from the Employee Ownership Foundation's 18th Annual ESOP Economic Performance Survey show that 88.5% of ESOP companies outperformed the stock market in...

August 17, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Pay increase budgets have fallen to 2.9%, according to the newly released Compensation Data Banking & Finance 2009 survey.

August 17, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A hair salon owner in Florida is offering free haircuts to unemployed women that have a job interview scheduled and want to look...

August 17, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New Watson Wyatt research finds half of UK companies with defined benefit pension plans expect to close them to all employees by 2012.

August 17, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A New York-based law firm has launched two company stock fund investigations.

August 17, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new survey finds exempt employees are typically granted 9.2 vacation days while those who are not exempt get 8.2 days.

August 14, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A woman who says she was pulled from working on the sales floor and assigned to the stockroom of a London Abercrombie &...

August 13, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of employers planning to reverse salary cuts and freezes and reinstate a matching contribution to 401(k) plans has increased in the...

August 13, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A recent study suggests that rudeness in the workplace not only affects the victims, but can lower the productivity of those who witness...

August 13, 2009 --- The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) fined AXA Advisors $50,000 related to retirement-fund fraud by a registered representative.

August 12, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Maybe the stress of work or the number of hours coworkers spend together can explain why employee complaints can seem silly, picky, or...

August 12, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An analysis of 401(k) data by Fidelity Investments has identified key behaviors that are hindering savings for workers at different life stages.

August 12, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - According to a new survey by Hewitt Associates, human resources (HR) departments have made steady progress in their ability to support the shift...

August 11, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Americans held $13.4 trillion in retirement assets at the end of the first quarter of 2009, accounting for 33% of all household financial...