Benefits

February 6, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A former Georgia-Pacific employee has sued the company and its pension plan claiming the plan is now improperly demanding the 73-year-old return $76,220...

February 5, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new analysis from the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) finds that the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) is operating as intended...

February 5, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Though concerns about their retirement exist, members of Generation X say those concerns are on the backburner while they deal with current financial...

February 4, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In examining the relationship between savings confidence and actual savings behavior, a study released by MassMutual Financial Group found individuals who save more...

February 4, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly three-quarters (72%) of Americans say they are worried that the financial burden from cost shifting of employer-sponsored benefits will make it harder...

February 4, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Most working Americans responding to a recent poll declared they had begun saving for retirement, but didn't expect to be able to start...

February 4, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In an effort to better educate workers on the costs of their workplace health insurance coverage, the Bush Administration has proposed that employers...

February 4, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new Mercer survey of resignation notice periods furnished to an employer by a departing employee found that the customary two weeks in...

February 4, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While IT salaries will rise despite signs of an economic downturn, projections show that the IT salary growth rate may be leveling out...

February 1, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Suffolk County, New York, legislator proposed on Thursday that construction companies prove their employees are legally eligible to work in the United...

February 1, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. says that the number of associates who now have health care coverage through its new associate-tailored plans for 2008 or...

February 1, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - Auto parts supplier Dana Corp. won public kudos from the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) for emerging from federal bankruptcy protection with its...

February 1, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The National Business Group on Health (NBGH) has announced it will support efforts to require individuals to have health insurance coverage for themselves...

February 1, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - Ohio Governor Ted Strickland is expected to sign legislation next week that would raise the retirement age for bus drivers, custodians, and attendance...

February 1, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Health and retirement issues are being raised as the 2008 election campaign heats up.

February 1, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.K. Pensions Regulator has released a road map plan sponsors can use to help properly run their pension plans on behalf of...

February 1. 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - More employers are allowing workers to join their 401(k) plan earlier, a new Profit Sharing/401k Council of America (PSCA) minisurvey shows.

January 31, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A bill approved in the Kentucky Senate on Wednesday would prohibit public universities and other government agencies from offering health insurance to unmarried...

January 30, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - The largest chunk of a company's training budget typically goes to help prepare a generation of new leaders, according to a new study.

January 30, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Annuities in defined contribution plans are gaining momentum as aging baby boomers seek to create guaranteed retirement income streams, according to a report...