Benefits

November 12, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new Mercer study of multinational companies' retirement savings and other benefit programs concludes that employees' "disturbing" lack of understanding of how to...

November 12, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Some 64% of employers who sponsor a health care plan and who participated in a recent survey contend that the U.S. health care...

November 12, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Results of a new study show that women's work stress is more related to managerial support and equal opportunity while their male counterparts...

November 12, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite volatile investment markets, the freezing and terminating of defined benefit plans, and limited formation of new plans, industry representatives consulted by Diversified...

November 12, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Montana) on Wednesday released a proposal to provide health care coverage for all Americans.

November 11, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Midwest Business Group on Health (MGBH) says value-based benefit design leads to healthier, more productive employees and lower long-term costs to employers.

November 10, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Milwaukee business group has announced it will wage a legal challenge to throw out a newly adopted city ordinance mandating employers in...

November 10, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Several positions in the telecommunications industry saw sizeable increases in compensation during 2008, according to Mercer's survey data.

November 10, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The recent Wall Street turmoil appears to have made a significant impact on some Americans' confidence they can last through retirement with money...

November 10, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Some 77% of corporate real estate executives attending a recent Orlando professional conference said they see alternative workplace strategies (AWS) growing over the...

November 10, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A recent Scottrade survey found that members of Generation Y are the most confident and are most likely to self-educate and make investing...

November 10, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - If the current economic slowdown continues, most HR officials in a recent survey said they would consider responding with more financial planning information...

November 10, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Mid-America Coalition on Health Care (MACHC) has announced a two-year national pilot project to establish the rationale and best practices for employers...

November 7, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Just over a quarter of American adults say they have been discriminated in the workplace - most often in instances involving their race,...

November 7, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Struggling with a weak economy, many Canadian employers are cutting the salary increase budgets put together just a few months ago - in...

November 6, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Job search engine Simply Hired has announced that job seekers can now refine their job search to consist only of employers featured on...

November 6, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new survey conducted by BearingPoint, Inc. and Zogby International suggests Americans are considering drastic changes in health care to cut expenses.

November 5, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The BNA Holiday Practices Survey indicates employers are less generous this year than they were in 2007 in granting paid time off during...

November 5, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Only one-in-five (20%) large UK corporate pension plan sponsors are giving serious thought to selling off their final salary pension obligations in whole...

November 5, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Also on Tuesday's presidential election ballot, Maine voters resoundingly rescinded the state's recently imposed tax on soda, beer, and wine that was designed...