Benefits

July 8, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The latest IRS statistics indicate that tax-preferred health savings accounts (HSAs) are becoming the health care spending accounts of choice by Americans.

July 2, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - For the most part, plan sponsors responding to a recent Spectrem Group survey reported being satisfied with their plan providers' service levels.

July 7, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Protection Act's safe harbor provisions for auto enrollment and auto escalation 401(k) plan features "is likely to have a very significant...

July 7, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - For the first time in history, the average salary of members participating in the Institute of Management Accountants Annual Salary Survey exceeded $100,000.

July 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - National Save for Retirement Week in 2008 will likely be October 19 - 25.

July 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Many state workers in Utah are moving to a four-day work week next month in an effort to "conserve energy, save money, improve...

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 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Just as reports indicate Americans will run up huge expenses in retirement and fall short of their savings needs, a new study suggests...

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

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 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...