Benefits

December 5, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Putting health plans out to bid - adding free-enterprise competition back into the health care benefits arena - can result in significant savings,...

December 5, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Vanguard analysis finds participants are heeding expert advice to stay the course during the market turmoil, and are not trading and withdrawing...

December 5, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - And for every one who has ever planned - - - or attended - - - or ever thought about attending - -...

December 4, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Health insurance premiums have slowed to less than half the growth rate five years ago, yet higher costs, increased utilization, and waste in...

December 4, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Concerns over business costs and the weaker global economy aren't holding back international assignments, according to the results of KPMG's 2008 Global Assignment...

December 4, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Some 23% of respondents in a recent Bank of American (BoA) survey said the financial issue most keeping them up at night was...

December 4, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A relatively low percentage of individuals surveyed say they "very actively" manage their chronic health conditions, according to research by the Dallas-Fort Worth...

December 4, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A survey by Watson Wyatt Worldwide indicates that four out of 10 companies believe workforce planning has become more important to their organization's...

December 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nine in 10 U.S. workers in their employer retirement plan have not tapped into their nest egg despite the economic downturn and 11%...

December 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - If employers see workers staring intently at their computer screens around 2 p.m. on Wednesdays, they may well be searching the Internet about...

December 2, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new survey suggests most states intend to keep financing retiree health care on a pay-as-you-go basis over the next five years, with...

December 2, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new global study has found that employees laid off in the United States earn the least amount of severance pay worldwide-no matter...

December 2, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While a majority of board of directors or board-level committees retain responsibility for appointing fiduciaries for qualified plans, an increasing number are choosing...

December 2, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Compensation committees at U.S. companies had been making significant adjustments to how they compensate their chief executives even prior to the recent financial...

December 2, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan designs should evolve beyond their current focus on helping employees accumulate an adequate amount of retirement savings to a focus on encouraging...

December 2, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Las Vegas casino company and one of Utah's largest employers are the latest to cut 401(k) employer match contributions in an effort...

December 1, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The workplace makes for some interesting stories. As we exit 2008, let's look back at some of the oddest workplace stories during the...

December 1, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Three-fourths of financial advisers polled in a new JPMorgan Funds-sponsored survey said that when evaluating target-date fund options, plan sponsors lack clear and...

November 28, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Asked to rank the criteria used in selecting their DC plan provider, plan sponsors have reliably opted to put "others" first.

November 26, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - According to The Harris Poll, rising prices are a major "hassle" in Americans' daily lives - but some are feeling that stress more...