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 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) - 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...

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 16, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new survey finds less than a third of retirement plan fiduciaries report a clear chain of authority for their plan's governance committee.

March 16, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. division of Sun Life Financial has released new data from the Sun Life Unretirement Index showing almost half of survey respondents...

March 16, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than half of respondents to a new poll said there is an air of worry about the economy in their workplace.

March 13, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - There's another stock drop suit brewing - and this one's directed at Fannie Mae.

March 13, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A worker sentiment study by Fidelity Investments' Consulting Services business found most workers surveyed underestimate employers' cost of providing health insurance to employees.

March 12, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Dallas-based television station owner Belo Corp. has suspended the company's 401(k) match, trimmed some salaries, and cut its workforce because of the slumping...

March 12, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The first annual "Business Roundtable Health Care Value Comparability Study" indicates the costs and performance of the U.S. health care system have put...

March 12, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Not only are corporate wellness programs more common than ever before, employers are becoming more sophisticated in how they work with employees with...