Benefits

February 8, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A survey released by the U.S. division of Sun Life Financial Inc. found many respondents were surprised by higher than anticipated expenses in...

February 7, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Japanese marketing company has added "heartache leave" to its sick leave offering for staff.

February 7, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The AFL-CIO has filed a lawsuit to block federal regulators from requiring unions to disclose more information about officer and employee financial transactions.

February 7, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A recent study published by PLoS (Public Library of Science) Medicine concludes obese individuals and smokers are cheaper for the health sector than...

February 6, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Companies wanting to increase their retention of new hires and decrease the time to productivity for new hires are realizing the value of...

February 6, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Medical cost increases for employers throughout the world are expected to accelerate over the next five years, and in the majority of countries...

February 6, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Almost half (48%) of respondents to Vault.com's 2008 Office Romance Survey say they have known a married colleague to have an affair with...

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