Benefits

September 11, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stereotypes abound for the often quiet and seemingly intellectually untouchable IT professionals, but a new survey reveals the reality of the motivations and...

September 11, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Costs for the most popular health plans continue to increase by more than 10% in 2008 - slightly higher than in a late...

September 11, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As plan sponsors prepare for new fee disclosure regulations, Spectrem Group has found they are more knowledgeable about plan fees than in the...

September 11, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Lawyers representing an estimated 5,000 Deere & Co. retirees filed a class-action lawsuit Monday demanding the company restore health benefits that were cut...

September 10, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Americans say they would need to earn an average salary of $440,000 per year to feel rich, but their neighbors north of the...

September 10, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Pittsburgh law firm is probing whether there were violations of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) in the offering of company...

September 10, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Portland Fire and Police Disability and Retirement Fund board of trustees voted unanimously to ask the Internal Revenue Service if the fund...

September 10, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers spent an average of $1.25 per hour worked for employee retirement and savings plans in June 2008, the U.S. Department of Labor's...

September 10, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Workers at companies offering health services in the workplace may not break down the doors to take advantage of them, but employers still...

September 9, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employment-based health insurance coverage for the nonelderly population (under age 65) of the U.S. has headed downhill in recent years, but is still...

September 9, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A national survey measuring the impact of rising health care costs on businesses with 10 employees or fewer shows that micro-businesses strongly support...

September 9, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new survey by The Online 401(k) indicates small businesses lack affordable health care options.

September 9, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Employee Benefits Research Institute (EBRI) has updated another chapter in its Databook on Employee Benefits.

September 9, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. employers are projecting a continued decline in hiring intentions for the final quarter of 2008, according to the seasonally adjusted results of...

September 9, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) fiduciary should not be held liable for incorrect information furnished by someone else unless the person...

September 8, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Funding ratios at the typical U.S. pension plan declined 0.9% in August as liabilities increased more than assets, according to BNY Mellon Asset...

September 8, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The latest Principal Financial Well-Being Index reveals that the vast majority of American workers (71%, up from 67% a year ago) are concerned...

September 5, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fastenal Co. has agreed to pay $10 million to settle a class action lawsuit brought by former employees who claimed to be due...

September 5, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Beginning in 2010, Alabama will start charging all of its employees an extra $25 per month for health insurance.

September 4, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The SPARK Institute has released a document outlining technology best practices for 403(b) plans' information sharing.