Benefits

March 23, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors and employees tend to see some key retirement planning issues differently, including the always important area of education/advice, a new study...

March 20, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Principal Financial Group Principal Financial Group Inc. said Friday it was suspending several employee benefits including tuition reimbursement, anniversary gifts and employee...

March 20, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Gay and lesbian federal employees and their spouses are suing the government for full retirement and health care benefits currently denied them under...

March 20, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new survey by Hewitt Associates found that severance packages for most impacted employees at large U.S. companies have remained unchanged.

March 20, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new study indicates that a common cost-containment tool that substitutes less expensive generic medications for costlier brand name drugs, referred to as...

March 20, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A worker accused by his company of stealing a tuna sandwich has been granted unemployment benefits.

March 20, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - To cope with effects from the economy, Xerox said it is taking steps that will save it as much as $300 million this...

March 20, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - By the time M.A. Mortenson Co. is ready to suspend its 401(k) match, the company would have to be facing the biggest crisis...

March 20, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Michigan salesman is suing his former boss for more than $25,000, claiming he was fired for lacking a "flat belly."

March 19, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Names, dates of birth and Social Security numbers of roughly 28,000 state retirees were emailed to the Kentucky Retirement Systems by its pharmacy...

March 19, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Data in a new report show the average contribution to 401(k)-type plans was 7.5% in 2006, unchanged from 2003 but up from the...

March 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - United Airlines has agreed to pay $850,000 to a group of disabled employees as part of a settlement in a federal lawsuit alleging...

March 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - March Madness is coming and office pools will likely be a common sight in the office, but sports is not the only thing...

March 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - AMCORE Financial has notified its nearly 1,300 workers that it is freezing the wages of both hourly and salaried employees.

March 17, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Casa Grande Regional Medical Center in Arizona has halted matching contributions to employees' 403(b) plan.

March 17, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Today, of course, is St. Patrick's Day.

March 17, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Many employers are increasing their employee wellness communications and most expect wellness budget cuts will be no greater than other cutbacks, because these...

March 17, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of companies that froze salaries and added clawback policies to their executive pay programs has jumped sharply during the past three...

March 17, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Frontier Airlines on Monday filed a complaint in U.S. Bankruptcy Court accusing the union that represents its pilots of now turning its back...

March 17, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While news about employers suspending their 401(k) match has become more frequent in recent months, a new survey by two workplace benefits groups...