Benefits

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 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 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 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...

April 4, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The SPARK Institute has released for public review and comment the first of two proposals for best practices in information sharing among 403(b)...

April 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Although retirement plan providers supply investment education materials to 56% of participants surveyed by Spectrem Group, only 12% said they refer to these...

April 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Add this to your list of interview questions: How many pair of sneakers do you buy in a year?

April 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The EU Court of Justice has ruled that EU nations that recognize same-sex unions as legal marriages must grant surviving partners the same...

April 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of employers who plan to get more involved in managing the health of employees has jumped, but employees say it's not...

April 2, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Milliman, in partnership with the National Business Group on Health (NBGH), in the industry's first independent, risk-adjusted study of six employers' consumer-driven health...

April 2, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Giant retailer Wal-Mart Stores has reversed course on its effort to collect more than $450,000 in health care cost reimbursement from a now-brain...

April 2, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans (IFEBP) is wishing everyone a Happy National Employee Benefits Day!

April 2, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Health care costs continue to rise, but Americans are not taking the steps to be healthier and thus reduce their costs, according to...

April 2, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Complaints by some workers at the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services that new computers lacked popular games has prompted the...

April 1, 2008 ((b)lines) - It's that time again… Most of us dislike (to put it nicely) having to file tax returns - even more so if we...

April 1, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Foot Locker sportswear retail chain has agreed to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed on behalf of a former Philadelphia-area...

April 1, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a survey of approximately 1,000 people across the country, the Bank of America found just as many Americans say that starting retirement...