Benefits

April 24, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Frontier Financial Corp. says that they're suspending the company's matching of employee 401(k) plan contributions, effective May 1.

April 23, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Four in 10 workers polled in the Employee Benefit Research Institute's (EBRI) latest Retirement Confidence Survey say the anticipate their employer-sponsored retirement savings...

April 23, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. employers are optimistic that the economy will recover by early 2010, but most say they still need to take further actions to...

April 23, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Dallas-based Kimberly-Clark Corporation will freeze its defined benefit pension plan for non-union workers on December 31, 2009, and adopt a new 401(k) program.

April 23, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The city of San Francisco's controversial universal health care initiative is raising its required employer contribution.

April 23, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 2009 PensionDCisions Sponsor Default Investment Strategy Survey finds that on average 81% of UK defined contribution plan members invest in their plans'...

April 22, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new Rasmussen poll finds a growing sense of confidence about the U.S. employment picture.

April 22, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new survey sponsored by The Workforce Institute at Kronos Incorporated and conducted by Harris Interactive reveals that employees want to demonstrate their...

April 22, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new report from MetLife says 59% of U.S. corporations with multinational operations consider "consolidating all benefits administration onto a common platform" to...

April 22, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new survey found fewer employers are willing to shoulder the costs to relocate an employee and are cutting their relocation budgets accordingly.

April 21, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A recent Gallup poll shows that, for the first time this decade, a majority (52%) of non-retired Americans say they will not have...

April 21, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. employers' efforts to battle the recession through cost-cutting actions such as layoffs, hiring freezes and salary freezes may have finally peaked, according...

April 21, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc., Skilled Healthcare, LLC, and other affiliated companies, will pay up to $450,000 and provide significant remedial relief to a...

April 21, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - There was widespread adoption of similar employee benefits communications techniques among employers responding to a recent survey.

April 21, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board has formally backed the suggestion to give Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) participants a chance to invest in...

April 21, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Department store Nordstrom, Inc. will pay $292,500 to 10 former employees to settle a government discrimination and retaliation lawsuit.

April 21, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Weyerhaeuser Co. says it has approved the temporary suspension of 401(k) matching contributions for all employees.

April 21, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Wisconsin health-care system is now the target of community controversy after one of its managers instituted the layoff of a nurse while...

April 20, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New tax withholding tables and COBRA changes as a result of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 raise questions for small...

April 20, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Health care consumers report the availability of benefits cards positively influenced their decision to sign up for tax-favored accounts including Flexible Spending Accounts...