Benefits

July 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Spherion Employee Confidence Index dropped 0.8 points to 46.1 in June - a record low for the year.

July 2, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Seems like every time a company with a pension plan heads into bankruptcy, they dump those obligations on the nation's private pension insurer.

July 2, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - According to the fourth annual "Allstate America's Best Drivers Report, the average driver in the safest driving city in the nation experiences an...

July 2, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new report from Unum lays out changing trends in voluntary benefits purchases by employers driven by a changing workforce demographic and rising...

July 2, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New research from Hewitt Associates indicates almost half of Canadian employers will likely offer employees tax-free savings accounts (TFSAs) recently approved by the...

July 1, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - According to new research from Hewitt Associates, less than one in five (19%) employees who participate in their companies' 401(k) plans will be...

June 30, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Recent relocation policy changes cited by employers participating in a recent survey indicate a greater focus on controlling costs.

June 30, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new wellness study suggests a link between a worker's diet and productivity level.

June 30, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Anheuser-Busch Cos Inc. plans to change the formula used to calculate lump sum pension benefits and raise employees' share of health care benefit...

June 30, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers in the Washington, D.C.-Baltimore area reported in a survey that defined contribution programs represent the majority of retirement programs offered by area...

June 30, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Pockets of job market growth continue to emerge in the technology, health care and defense sectors, according to a job site focusing on...

June 27, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new study from the Vanguard Center for Retirement Research (CRR) found only 43% of the nearly three million 401(k) accounts examined had...

June 27, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New research suggests that changes in Social Security rules between 1992 and 2004 increased the number of retirement age men still working full...

June 27, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - It may offer "dry heat", but that doesn't mean it can't also be wet in Phoenix - a city that tops the annual...

June 27, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - "IRAs have become the largest single vehicle for retirement assets in the United States," noted Dallas Salisbury, president and CEO of the Employee...

June 26, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Another estimate from Fidelity Investments adds to the financial resources individuals need to save for retirement.

June 26, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A group of Nortel Networks employees not grandfathered into the company's defined benefit plan when it was frozen in June 2006 have filed...

June 26, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new report by a Boston-based staffing company indicates certain IT workers remain in high demand and that there is a limited talent...

June 26, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A recent study by the Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp) finds that most companies are not looking for ways to keep the accumulated...

June 26, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With the retirement services industry's growing focus on providing workers with a retirement income stream, the defined contribution market will continue morphing into...