Benefits

April 14, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than half of the nation's $2.2-trillion health care spending is wasteful, according to a new PricewaterhouseCoopers' Health Research Institute study.

April 14, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Former employees engaged in a lawsuit against their defunct former employer Wurld Media Inc. were surprised last month when they received lump-sum distributions...

April 11, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Former top Blue Cross executive Robert Naftaly has been named to chair an 11-member board that will manage billions of retiree benefit dollars...

April 11, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In recent testimony before the Senate Special Committee on Aging, Paul Fronstin, director of the Health Research and Education Program at the nonpartisan...

April 11, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A seven-year old race discrimination suit against Xerox Corporation has come to an end with the company agreeing to pay $12 million to...

April, 10, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Crayola 64 Box is turning 50 this year, and Crayola has gone a bit "radical red" to mark the golden moment.

April 10, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Denver city employee was suspended for four days after he asked two Hispanic co-workers how much it cost their "people to get...

April 10, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Declines in annual performance-based bonuses and stock-option awards have cut into the rate of growth in CEO pay, according to a new report...

April 9, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - We all know people who drag themselves into work when they're sick (we may know "them" too well, in fact) - but the...

April 9, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Obese employees cost U.S. private employers an estimated $45 billion annually in medical expenditures and work loss, according to a new report.

April 9, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Worker confidence in being able to afford a comfortable retirement decreased over the past year by a rate unmatched in the 18 years...

April 8, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In the latest sign of the continued hot market for asset allocation funds, 77% of plan sponsors thinking about changing their default options...

April 8, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Only a quarter of Europe's defined contribution plans offer financial planning or investment advice despite listing employee appreciation of the plan as a...

April 8, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Analysts speaking at Gartner, Inc.'s Emerging Trends Symposium/ITxpo 2008 say retirement and changing workforce trends will influence mobile and wireless technology adoption and...

April 7, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new study finds 52% of working Americans are now getting the majority of their financial and retirement products through the workplace -...

April 7, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Research published by London's Cass Business School and sponsored by The Actuarial Profession in the UK indicates it is possible to die from...

April 7, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Baby Boomers around the globe are being squeezed financially by simultaneously caring for their parents and their children, according to research from The...

April 7, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The SPARK Institute has released for public review and comment a draft sample Information Sharing Agreement (ISA) for 403(b) plan vendors and employers.

April 7, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Four in 10 American adults (41%) are holding off on major life decisions - including retirement - either because they are financially strapped...

April 4, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Citigroup Inc. has agreed to pay $33 million to about 2,500 current and former female brokers for its Smith Barney unit to settle...