Benefits

March 26, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - JPMorgan Chase & Co. said it will stop matching 401(k) contributions for its roughly 200,000 workers worldwide, the Dayton Business Journal reports.

March 26, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The latest Fidelity Investments retiree medical expense estimate is that a 65-year-old couple retiring in 2009 will need approximately $240,000 to cover the...

March 26, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In February, the Internal Revenue Service released new withholding tables that incorporate the new "Making Work Pay" credit - a provision of the...

March 26, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The lion's share of Americans in a recent poll won't be spending their tax refund for 2008.

March 25, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A substantial majority of retirement plan service providers are unsure about how to comply with the new Form 5500 Schedule C reporting requirements,...

March 25, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a letter to key senators, America's Health Insurance Plans and the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association offered Tuesday for the first...

March 25, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Houston law firm has cast a wide net looking for participants who are looking to sue their employers for a breach of...

March 25, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Just over a third of U.S. employers responding to a recent survey said they have cut back or cut out their defined contribution...

March 25, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of Generation Xers (ages 27 to 42) who are unprepared for retirement is dramatically on the rise, according to a new...

March 24, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The publisher of the Newark Star-Ledger announced he is stopping contributions to the employee pension plan and requiring full-time workers to take a...

March 24, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new survey finds that an out-of-work executive should not suffer long-term career harm unless his period of joblessness drags on for more...

March 24, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR (b)lines) - The fifth commandment is to humor thy father and mother, at least according to one child. And if it were true, the...

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

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 worker accused by his company of stealing a tuna sandwich has been granted unemployment benefits.

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