Benefits

December 12, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The economic downturn has taken a toll on holiday spirit this year as companies cut back on costly end of the year perks...

December 12, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With an eye toward health care reform, President-elect Barack Obama on Thursday announced his nomination of Senator Tom Daschle (D-South Dakota) for Secretary...

December 12, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - President Bush has issued an Executive Order giving federal employees an extra holiday this year.

December 12, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of organizations that expect business results to be significantly worse than targeted levels for 2008 has more than doubled since March,...

December 11, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New research indicates good managers are more important than money to employees in India.

December 11, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Saying that "most signs indicate that we may be facing a prolonged global recession," Antonio M. Perez, Kodak Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,...

December 10, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Training is taking a back seat to other priorities in some accounting departments, according to an Accountemps survey.

December 11, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The findings of the KnowledgeBank 2008-2009 Total Compensation Survey of Mid-Atlantic Technology Companies suggest that responding companies embrace flexible human resource practices to...

December 11, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new survey by Hewitt Associates reveals that, in an effort to simplify the leave of absence process, more employers are shifting the...

December 11, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Even as news reports of companies suspending employer match contributions to defined contribution plans continue, a new Mercer survey reveals 83% of employers...

December 11, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employer contributions to participants' health savings accounts increased from 2006 to 2008, according to newly published data from the Employee Benefit Research Institute...

December 11, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - According to a new survey from Hewitt Associates, 42% of companies will continue to provide employees with holiday bonuses this year, although the...

December 10, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An Akron, Ohio-based bank has become the latest employer to drop its 401(k) match to save money-in this case to better deal with...

December 10, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The economy and higher health costs are forcing 13% of employees to cut their retirement plan contributions, and 20% indicate their ability to...

December 10, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers spent an average $1.28 per hour worked for retirement and savings benefits in September, according to the Department of Labor's Bureau of...

December 10, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said Tuesday it will pay as much as $54.25 million to settle a class-action lawsuit that alleges the retailer violated...

December 9, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new Mercer survey indicates the economic realities of the past year have led retirement plan participants to lower their retirement expectations.

December 9, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - MetLife vice president Ronald Leopold, M.D. unveiled proprietary research that suggests employers fall within four key profile types when it comes to workplace...

December 9, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Charles Schwab has found that participant engagement in Schwab-serviced 401(k) plans increased dramatically both online and over the phone in the months of...

December 8, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The act of suspending company match contributions to save money during the economic crisis has spread to 403(b) plan sponsors as St. Peter's...