Benefits

March 12, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Many employers who have followed the craze of moving from defined benefit to defined contribution retirement benefits have also beefed up their DC...

March 12, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The United Kingdom's highest court has ruled that the widow of a man who committed suicide six years after a workplace accident should...

March 11, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Unlike the postal service, snow, rain, winds, and ice are keeping a number of American workers from the swift completion of their appointed...

March 11, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new survey has found strong public support for efforts to tune up the 15-year-old Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA).

March 11, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new Mercer survey finds a third of U.S. employers are putting in place staff freezes or downsizing programs or are considering the...

March 10, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The American Association of Preferred Provider Organizations' (AAPPO) second annual study of Consumer-Directed Health Plans (CDHPs) found that in 2007, 7% of all...

March 10, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new research paper suggests plan sponsors considering the addition of target-date funds need to consider the funds' glide path and whether the...

March 10, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Worries about the economy are driving American workers and retirees to plan to use their expected tax refunds wisely, according to findings of...

March 7, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new coalition of public sector workers has formed to support defined benefit plans and retiree health care programs.

March 7, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A lawsuit filed in Utah state court by a former salesman for a motivational coaching business accuses his supervisor of waterboarding him during...

March 6, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While the average U.S. household invests about 55% of its 401(k) or other defined contribution plan assets in stocks, many Americans are going...

March 6, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Twenty-eight percent of the small-business owners in a recent survey have planned to have older workers transfer their professional knowledge to younger colleagues.

March 6, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The tale of Daniel Kuch, at least as told by police, lends a whole new dimension to those who rely on a fake...

March 5, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders has proposed a restructuring of the city's troubled pension system with changes to both the defined benefit and...

March 5, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - A 65-year-old couple retiring in 2008 will need approximately $225,000 to cover medical costs in retirement, according to new Fidelity Investments data.

March 5, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - The number of private-sector workplace discrimination charges leaped by 9% during the last fiscal year over the prior period - the highest volume...

March 4, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - There's a new top worry among small business owners in California - the economy.

March 4, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - Some 45% of multinational companies in a recent Mercer poll take an almost exclusively global compensation approach.

March 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new study has found that the workplace productivity of moderately to extremely obese workers is lower when compared to those with less...

March 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new Hewitt Associates survey of the U.S. retirement landscape finds the pace of defined benefit pension plan change appears to be slowing.