Benefits

June 23, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new MetLife survey shows a significant disconnect between employers' views about their workplace benefit program and the perceptions of employees.

June 20, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new study asserts that drivers who plaster their vehicles with bumper stickers are more prone to road rage than drivers who don't.

June 20, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - One-third of information technology professionals surveyed confessed to abusing administrative passwords to access confidential data such as colleagues' salary details, personal emails, or...

June 20, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Telework Exchange, a public-private partnership for promoting telework, suggests that if everyone who could telecommute did their jobs from home twice weekly, the...

June 20, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In addition to facilitating administrative and fiduciary functions, retirement plan data can help sponsors decide on value-added plan features and services.

June 19, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A jury has returned a $10 million punitive damages verdict in an age discrimination suit against Avaya Inc., a Basking Ridge, New Jersey,...

June 19, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fears of a recession have American employees nervous about job security, leading them to lower workplace expectations and demands, Randstad's ninth annual 2008...

June 18, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers have seen the rate of growth in employee health insurance costs decline in the past five years, but a new report from...

June 18, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A report from Sibson Consulting, a division of Segal, indicates employers should focus on different factors for retaining employees of different age groups.

June 18, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The majority of Canadians who work in offices abuse the workplace printer, according to a survey conducted by Angus Reid Strategies on behalf...

June 18, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new survey indicates that the baby boomers who continue to work past retirement age are not only seeking income, but also social...

June 18, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Two recent MetLife surveys suggest many full-time workers in developing and mature economies, not just the U.S., have taken few or no steps...

June 18, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Recent research by Brent Kramer, a doctoral candidate at the City University of New York, "provides strong evidence that majority employee-owned businesses have...

June 17, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Findings of a recent academic study dispute the idea that instant messaging among co-workers increases work disruptions.

June 17, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Total worker compensation costs were 51.4% higher among state and local government employers than among private-sector employers in September 2007, a new study...

June 17, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employees would do well to heed the old adage, "Dress for Success," as a new CareerBuilder.com survey shows 41% of employers say people...

June 17, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Assigning a workplace coach to an employee is likely to be a sign the worker is on the fast track and that the...

June 17, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Preliminary results for Compdata Surveys' Compensation Data 2008 annual survey shows the average heath insurance premium increase for employers was 7.2% among all...

June 17, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fidelity Investments Canada ULC found that 39% of retirees polled reported that their transition into retirement was easier than they thought it would...

June 16, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The folks at Reish, Luftman, Reicher and Cohen (specifically Debra Davis and Fred Reish) have published the third in a series of bulletins...