Benefits

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 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 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) - Government officials may struggle to comply with new accounting standards mandating more reporting about size of their retiree benefit obligations and how they...

October 24, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Americans with health insurance from their employer say the coverage is more valuable than what it costs their company to provide.

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...

October 24, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Most Americans say they would be willing to take a physical to test for at-risk health behavior if it meant they could get...

October 22, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fidelity Investments Canada launched a Retirement Index that measures how financially prepared working Canadian households are for retirement.

October 23, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Morgan Stanley has agreed to a $16 million settlement over allegations that it denied business opportunities to African-American and Latino financial advisers, Reuters...

October 23, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Tribune Co. has announced to its 20,000 employees that a new health care plan proposal, if passed, could cost smokers $100 a...

October 19, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) has updated some more data relating to retirement saving and spending.

October 22, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With Halloween right around the corner, workers have identified their own workplace ghosts and goblins - in particular their boss.