Benefits

December 16, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fred Meyer Stores, Inc., part of the Kroger family of companies, will pay $485,000 to three female victims of sexual harassment and retaliation...

December 16, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new survey finds the majority of employees plan to forge ahead with their holiday time off requests as planned despite job and...

December 16, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A widespread Hewitt Associates survey of large companies taken this month found that 50% made significant changes to their 2009 base salary spending...

December 16, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc. announced that it will reinstate the company match contribution to its 401(k) plan for employees in 2009.

December 16, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The board of the State Teachers' Retirement System of Ohio (STRSOH) voted unanimously to oppose House Bill 645 and any future legislation that...

December 15, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The current economic downturn has led to an upturn in workplace theft - especially in large organizations - according to a recent Institute...

December 15, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Knox County, Tennessee, employee filed suit against the county government in an attempt to recover lost interest from years of delayed pension...

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

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...