Benefits

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) - 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) - 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) - 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 (b)lines) - Kids can say the darndest things, and are learning at every age through experience - even learning things in school besides academics....

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...

Nearly every day it seems there's a report of yet another plan sponsor who has either cut or suspended their matching contribution.

March 9, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - San Mateo, California-based trucking company Con-way announced Monday it is suspending its 401(k) match and taking a number of other cost-cutting steps.

March 9, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Milwaukee Public Museum's 401(k) match will be suspended through August, for a $146,000 savings.

March 9, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new target-date fund study finds those in the increasingly popular retirement plan savings vehicles are younger, make less money and have smaller...

March 9, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Eight in 10 of those in a recent MetLife poll said they place more importance on guarantees and the stability of their investments...

March 9, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new survey by Experience, Inc., provider of career services for college students and alumni, finds Gen Y - or Millennials - are...

March 9, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The vast majority of executives predict it will take job seekers more than four months to land a new job in the current...