Benefits

April 17, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A retired British schoolteacher's claim that his baldness is a disability has been rejected.

April 16, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - ALM's Altman Weil Publications' Retirement and Withdrawal Survey for Private Law Firms, 2008 Edition found firms offered more qualified retirement plans in 2008...

April 16, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The ERI Economic Research Institute's evergreen Salary Increase Survey reports an average salary budget increase of about 4% for 2009, down only slightly...

April 15, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new survey commissioned by Scottrade and BetterInvesting found that less than one-third (31%) of GenXers polled believe they will one day be...

April 14, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than three-quarters of U.S. employees know someone who has taken Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) leave, according to a Tell It...

April 14, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Researchers for ING Wholesale Banking have concluded that future population changes are largely a reflection of the post-war baby boom, and even some...

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 14, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Using data from a survey of nearly 2,300 Americans, researchers at Yale University found that 5% of men and 10% of women said...

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

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 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 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...