Benefits

January 28, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Whether unions representing Minnesota District 861 teachers and paraprofessionals can legitimately file a grievance over 403(b) plan changes is under debate.

January 28, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The West Tennessee Healthcare system has suspended its 403(b) plan match.

January 28, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new analysis from the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) suggests one potential reason why some elderly run down their assets slowly...

January 28, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As their account balances were shrinking due to large market losses in 2008, participants became better diversified in and more engaged with their...

January 27, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR (b)lines) - New Internal Revenue Service regulations are poised to reinvent 403(b) defined contribution plans offered by tax-exempt entities such as K-12 public school...

January 27, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Recent market setbacks have led affluent retirees to show greater interest in a guaranteed income streams, according to a survey by MFS Investment...

No doubt many of you are wondering if you will survive the changes brought on by new regulations. How about a rendition of Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive"...

January 26, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - After last week announcing its first-ever decline in quarterly profit, Google Inc. says it is allowing its employees to swap their stock options...

January 26, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Sprint Nextel Corp. on Monday joined a growing roster of employers scrambling to make companywide cost reductions including suspending their 2009 401(k) match.

January 26, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A MetLife survey of defined benefit plan sponsors found a surprising distance between those focusing on traditional risk factors and other potential plan...

January 26, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - American workers with access to employer-based wellness programs are taking advantage of them in large numbers, according to a new Principal Financial Group...

January 23, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Canadian organizations are looking at alternative solutions to manage human resources budgetary constraints, while still investing in those programs that drive employee engagement,...

January 22, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Recent surveys suggest employers may not realize how big a problem they have with workers coming into the office sick.

January 21, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Some 59% of those responding to a recent survey said their top New Year's resolution for 2009 was to either start or build...

January 21, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Virtually all large employers participating in a new survey said they recognized workers afflicted with migraines were not as productive, but few keep...

January 20, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The former president of the United Way of Central Carolinas, fired last year and denied a controversial $2.1-million supplemental retirement plan, is now...

January 20, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Advanced Micro Devices Inc. is suspending its 401(k) match, a company spokesman said, according to MarketWatch.

January 20, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than one-third (35%) of executives interviewed said good employees are most likely to quit their jobs because of unhappiness with management.

January 20, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Citing an "extremely tough business climate in 2009," Richmond, Virginia-based Media General said in a letter to employees it will stop matching employee...

January 20, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participants in defined contribution plans recordkept at Fidelity Investments have behaved much the same way as their investor brethren in plans at other...