Benefits

August 27, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly 45% of employees say their employer bars access to the social networking Web site Facebook, saying their companies see it as productivity...

August 27, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Most employers in the Midwest say they are doing enough to engage workers in helping design their benefits plans, but only one in...

August 27, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hewitt Associates, Inc., has acquired benefits management service RealLife HR, which offers heath and welfare benefits administration services to mid-market companies.

August 24, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employees at jobs where social drinking is strongly discouraged were 45% less likely to be heavy drinkers than those at companies that are...

August 23, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The IRA rollover market grew by 38% from 2004 to 2007, rebounding from an 11% decline in assets rolled over from 2000 to...

August 23, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More workers had access to medical plans (71%) than to retirement plans (61%), but they were more likely to participate in retirement plans,...

August 23, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Two pension fund security breaches could compromise the personal information of New York and California retirees, the Associated Press reported.

August 22, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Most drug users and alcohol abusers hold full-time jobs, but are among the most often absent workers, according to a recent survey by...

August 22, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A group of 92 large law firms has asked the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for a one-year extension on compliance with new §409A...

August 22, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly 90% of respondents to a recent survey consider creating an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) for their company a "good business decision,"...

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 21, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Caesars Palace has consented to pay $850,000 to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...

August 21, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Quality transparency in health care service is far greater for hospitals than it is for individual physicians and pricing transparency is still in...

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 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...