Benefits

June 19, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has sued a Molalla, Oregon, nursery owner over allegations it permitted "severe sexual harassment" of women...

June 19, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - American managers are more stressed about the current recession than their global counterparts, but they are among the most optimistic about their future,...

June 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a joint hearing on target-date funds before the Department of Labor (DoL) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), witnesses were in...

June 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - To be in line with the latest dress code for the city of Brooksville, Florida, municipal employees must use deodorant - and wear...

June 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Watson Wyatt survey found that a third (34%) of workers have increased their planned retirement age in the last 12 months.

June 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In Canada, costs for pharmaceuticals in 2009 have increased by 15.19%, dramatically reversing a four-year downward trend in prescription drug prices, according to...

June 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Alabama State Personnel Board, citing a lack of financial transparency, canceled a contract with Nationwide Retirement Solutions, which provides a deferred compensation...

June 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Defined contribution participants under 30 have actually gained 24% in average account balances between the end of 2007 and April 30, 2009, but...

June 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Health care costs for the nation's employers are expected to grow by another 9% next year, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers' Health Research Institute.

June 17, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A survey of benefits professionals showed concern that health care reform proposals may do more harm than good.

June 17, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of working fathers willing to give up the breadwinner role is declining in the face of increased financial pressure, according to...

June 17, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Vanguard Center for Retirement Research reported that the use of target-date funds in defined contribution plans administered by Vanguard continues to grow...

June 17, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While the current recession is putting additional pressure on human resources (HR) departments to lower program costs, companies don't expect that to mean...

June 17, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Target-date funds' allocations among stock and bond subclasses were among the primary determinants of the funds' performance, new Vanguard Group research finds.

June 17, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - There are signs that deep workforce, pay and benefit cuts are moderating as businesses budget for the remainder of 2009, according to Mercer's...

June 17, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A recent survey of U.S. companies finds that 29% have already modified, or currently intend to modify, the matching contribution feature in their...

June 17, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - President Barack Obama was scheduled Wednesday to sign an executive order that the State Department and the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) should...

June 17, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The best-case scenario for older workers is to let them decide when to wind down their work lives as well as to introduce...

June 16, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New York has overtaken Miami to be voted the U.S. city with the angriest and most aggressive drivers, according to a survey commissioned...

June 16, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Only 23% of 18 to 22-year-olds in a recent survey said they understood what a 401(k) was, while 73% of parents knew about...