Benefits

June 3, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The SPARK Institute submitted a comment letter to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) commending it on the proposed 403(b) plans prototype program, and...

June 3, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new analysis of IPO compensation and financial data from Presidio Pay Advisors shows that over the past seven years, founder CEO equity...

June 3, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new white paper series from Towers Perrin helps managers understand that they can improve company performance by raising employee engagement levels through...

June 3, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - At a time when some complain that the 401(k) plan has lost its effectiveness as a retirement savings vehicle, a new academic study...

June 2, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. was cited by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration in the death of a temporary worker trampled by a...

June 2, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new Watson Wyatt survey found that workers aged 50 to 64 are much less confident they will have enough on which to...

June 2, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new U.K. survey found British workers are spending more time at work scrambling to safeguard their jobs during the recession than before,...

June 1, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employees have a new appreciation of benefits during the tough economic times and organizations have been increasingly able to partner with employees to...

June 1, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Many organizations are good at communicating how bonus awards are computed and most share employees' progress against their performance goals, a new survey...

June 1, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Two members of the Los Angeles City Council have called for a reduction in Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's power to pick pension board members.

June 1, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Georgetown (Massachusetts) School Committee member George Moker said teachers have agreed to give back on several items in order to achieve an agreement...

June 1, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - General Motors auto workers have approved a restructuring plan that puts the workers in the same posture as Chrysler employees by getting their...

June 1, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Median total cash compensation has increased year-over-year among some jobs and decreased for others, according to Mercer's latest Market Pulse Report.

May 29, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Public employers nationwide are modifying their employee health care benefits to include more cost-saving measures, according to a recent survey conducted by the...

May 29, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A New York-based drugstore chain has agreed to a $240,000 settlement of a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit over allegations a store manager...

May 29, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Gaithersburg, Maryland-based storage facility has agreed to a $95,000 out-of-court settlement of charges it illegally fired a maintenance worker who had a...

May 29, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Archdiocese of Boston, facing a clergy pension system that it warns will run out of money in 2011, is taking its first...

May 28, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Some 36% of employers in the Americas struggle to find enough suitable employees in their markets despite the global economic downturn and widespread...

May 28, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As the recession has taken a heavy toll on many retirement nest eggs, just over half of working adults ages 50 to 64...

May 28, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A study of retirement plan target-date fund investors by the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) finds plan demographics as a whole affect individual...