Benefits

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...

March 12, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite rising health care costs and other economic worries, a majority of large U.S. employers remain confident they will continue to offer health...

March 12, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employer costs for employee compensation for civilian workers averaged $29.18 per hour worked in December 2008, the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of...

March 12, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The economy may seem like it is in turmoil sometimes, but tight budgets in many workplaces apparently did not bring radical changes to...

March 12, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors can work with their advisers to determine whether cutting the employer match contribution is necessary-and also help communicate changes to participants.

March 12, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The trend that has seen some employers hard hit by the recession opt to suspend their 401(k) match has hit the lobbying organization...

March 12, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Halifax (Nova Scotia) regional firefighters and Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officers spent an afternoon scouring an area around a former military radar...

March 11, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Ashtabula, Ohio-based Molded Fiber Glass Companies has discontinued its 401(k) match.

March 11, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new Buck Consultants survey finds the slumping equity markets will mean most companies will be unable to deliver the same 2009 equity...

March 11, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The latest Principal Financial Well-Being Index indicates American workers and retirees are taking charge of their personal financial well being by spending less...

March 11, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Ernst & Young announced its Financial Planner Line has seen a dramatic increase in the number of calls from employees inquiring about the...

March 11, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Salt Lake County Mayor Peter Corroon presented an interim budget plan to the Salt Lake County Council that reduces spending, freezes wages, extends...

March 10, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Perkins School for children and adolescents with mental, social, emotional and academic needs, with campuses in Clinton and Lancaster Massachusetts, has announced benefits...