Benefits

August 21, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The more people apologize, the more money they are likely to rake in, a recent study that looks at the link between income...

August 21, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New research from Hewitt Associates shows modest base pay increases in 2008, but a sharp increase in variable pay programs.

August 21, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Workplace expectations differ among generations of workers, with some requiring a different office environment than others, according to a recent evaluation of workspace...

August 21, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - One-third of employers say they have paid to bring an employee from another location to work for them and about 40% of employees...

August 20, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Cintas Corp. said it plans to challenge the $2.78-million penalty handed to it by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) after the...

August 20, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Though 71% of baby boomers surveyed by Thrivent Financial Services for Lutherans cited a lack of money as the single greatest issue that...

August 20,2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Two players suspended by the National Football League for substance abuse claim they were discriminated against under the Americans with Disabilities Act, because alcoholism...

August 20, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Ameriprise Financial's most recent research, The 2007 Ameriprise Workplace Financial Planning Benefit Decisions study, recorded increased stress among U.S. workers in every category...

August 17, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - A U.S. worker with a paid time off job benefit is more likely to be higher paid, have a full-time white-collar position, and...

August 16, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A manager who acts like a workplace Jay Leno or David Letterman may well be more popular than one who is humor impaired,...

August 16, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - One quarter of 401(k) plan participants are satisfied with their plan Web site and about 65% visit their plan provider's Web site once...

August 16, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Managers have lofty views of their performance, with 90% finding themselves among the top performers at their workplace, the Associated Press reported.

August 15, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp., received final approval Wednesday of a settlement agreement in the class action lawsuit that alleged racial...

August 15, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly 45% of employers say they would likely hire college interns as full-time, permanent employees, according to a recent CareerBuilder.com survey.

August 15, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Workers believe companies have responsibilities to the community, but employees do not necessarily take corporate social responsibilities into account when they are gauging...

August 15, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - No one can argue that using public pension plan divestment as a tool to help stop genocide is well intentioned, but the effort...

August 15, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. employers plan to increase salaries by 3.8% in 2007, only slightly more than they did the year before, according to Mercer Human...

August 14, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Only one-third (34%) of workers in a recent poll by Robert Half Management Resources said they plan to quit work entirely when they...

August 14, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has thrown out a lower court ruling in a case involving a Muslim car dealership employee...

August 13, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than half (56%) of employees say they are financially worse off this year than they were last year, with 30% saying they...