Benefits

January 17, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly half of respondents to a new survey say they have worked for two or three different employers - in just the past...

January 17, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A New York state judge has rebuffed efforts by a 500-pound, retired New York City police officer to boost his disability benefits, ruling...

January 16, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - London-based global law firm Clifford Chance has voted to update its early retirement package for partners to bring the system in line with...

January 16, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fifty percent of HR professionals surveyed by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) reported their organization had a formal (written) or informal...

January 16, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A study conducted by Switzerland's Federal Gender Equality Office and the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs found that 51.3% of workers in Switzerland...

January 15, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The fourth Annual Workplace Class Action Litigation Report by national law firm Seyfarth Shaw LLP indicates the volume of wage and hour litigation...

January 15, 2008 (PLANPSONSOR.com) - Consumer-driven health plans (CDHPs), designed to rely on consumers' active involvement in their own care, are doomed to fail if health education initiatives...

January 15, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly half of retail employers in a recent survey reported that they have open job slots for which they cannot find qualified workers.

January 16, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - That German company that claimed to have fired non-smokers for stirring up trouble? Just kidding.

January 15, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - If employers want to put a sure smile on their workers' faces, instituting flexible work arrangements would be a good place to start.

January 15, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employer groups watching a U.S. Supreme Court case about an organization's responsibilities to a disabled worker under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)...

January 14, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new study from The Segal Company indicates Voluntary Employees' Beneficiary Associations (VEBAs) are not limited to traditional major medical, hospitalization, and prescription...

January 14, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - A state of Nevada public employee health insurance panel has extended benefits to domestic partners (including same-sex) and their children, but it's still...

January 11, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An analysis of about 50 plans in Vanguard's recordkeeping system that have adopted automatic enrollment suggests it does improve participation rates, but deferral...

January 11, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In its 18th annual words of the year vote, the American Dialect Society voted "subprime" as the word of the year.

January 11, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - Telecommuting might be a great experience for those who do it, but it often isn't much fun for those left behind and may...

January 11, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - A 13-year-old benefit program under which Yale University helps employees buy homes in New Haven, Connecticut, has been extended for another 24 months...

January 11, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The representative for a straight worker at a gay club in the U.K. has successfully used a sexual orientation anti-discrimination law to win...

January 11. 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A trio of non-smoking workers has been fired - because they were pressing for a smoke-free work environment.

January 11, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - Maryland state lawmakers are still debating the overall same-sex marriage issue, but the state now has at least formally defined domestic partners.