Benefits

October 30, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The House Committee on Ways and Means held a hearing October 30 to determine whether workers' retirement savings are being eroded by excessive...

October 29, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A judge in Omaha, Nebraska has ordered that a man return pension payments that was mistakenly deposited in his mother's account after she...

October 29, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new survey of mid-to-large companies has found many plan sponsors concentrating not just on snagging 401(k) participants, but helping them to save...

October 29, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New York Life Insurance Company has agreed to a $14-million settlement of a long-running legal battle with an employee group over the management...

October 29, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A survey by the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans (IFEBP) found 42.8% of corporations offer some type of consumer-driven health care plan...

October 29, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Gossip in the workplace ranked as the number one pet peeve among employees, followed by other person's poor time management skills and messiness...

October 29, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - AT&T will have to pay $756,000 to two former service technicians who said they were suspended and fired for attending a Jehovah's Witness...

October 29, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Citigroup has been hit with a lawsuit alleging the financial services giant committed a variety of fiduciary breaches in improperly having its 401(k)...

October 26, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - Imagine you just attended a job fair, tried your hand at a new job, and interviewed with a recruiter, and you did all...

October 26, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Allowing employees to swear at work may actually have a positive impact, acting as a way to reinforce solidarity among staff and enabling...

October 26, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - A new study by a business advocacy group found that only a small fraction of employers polled offer smoking cessation programs to workers...

October 26, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Former North Carolina Senator John Edwards said, if elected president, he would demand limits on executive compensation packages, require greater corporate transparency, and...

October 26, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Recent research from RiverSource Investments and PLANSPONSOR shows the great majority of mid-size and large plans have adopted lifecycle funds in their investment...

October 25, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Child care assistance is the most prevalent nontraditional benefit that employers offer, followed closely by long-term insurance benefits, according to a recent analysis...

October 25, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A year after agreeing to offer limited benefits to same-sex partners, the University of Cincinnati announced a contract Wednesday extending full health care...

October 24, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Starting salaries for accounting and finance professionals are expected to see a 4.3% average increase in wages next year, with public accountants, financial...

October 24, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A working paper issued from the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) suggests low-wage workers face the risk of unemployment if mandates are...

October 24, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Some 39% of respondents in a new poll "strongly agreed" with the notion that improving employee health is a core business value while...

October 24, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new national survey from Wells Fargo & Company's employee benefits consulting group, BPS&M, indicates almost a quarter of employers with ongoing pension...

October 24, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly half of workers rank weight management as their greatest health concern, followed by fears about general health, according to a poll conducted...