Benefits

July 30, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly 80% of executives said they would take a vacation this year and 34.6% said they would check in at least once with...

July 30, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Earlier this month, PLANSPONSOR's "Plugged In" Web cast examined the issues and opportunities associated with automatic enrollment.

July 30, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A hearing-impaired former Subway restaurant manager has been awarded $165,500 by a federal court jury in a case in which a human resources...

July 27, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A recent survey by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) found nearly 40% of HR professionals say confusion over implementation of the...

July 27, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - AOL's third annual "Email Addiction" survey has found more Americans than ever are using portable devices to keep tabs on their email day...

July 26, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly one-quarter of U.S. workers say their managers openly express their political preferences at work, and about the same number of workers say...

July 26, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Lawyers for the San Francisco City Attorney's Office claim they have found a way to overcome federal pre-emption of the city's new universal...

July 25, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Almost half (49%) of the over-65 population surveyed by Erickson Health indicated their biggest health care worry is the cost.

July 25, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A recent report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) indicates there is room for improvement in the oversight of the Federal Retirement Thrift...

July 25, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employees in plans utilizing auto features are showing significantly greater participation rates, increased savings and more diversified investment allocation, a new study has...

July 25, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - IBM will begin offering "learning accounts" to its employees as a way to encourage education and training and to attract new talent, the...

July 25, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Results of Salary.com's 2007 Wasting Time Survey indicate the average employee wastes 1.7 hours of a typical 8.5-hour work day.

July 24, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers who want to mitigate health care costs must focus on employee health management as well as using traditional cost-based management methods, a...

July 24, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Many U.S. multinational companies are significantly decreasing the size of their equity awards to executives outside the U.S. in a shift from traditional...

July 24, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly 20% of Canadians say they will not be taking any vacation this summer because they don't want to return to a massive...

WASHINGTON, July 23, 2007 - The rate of pension plan freezes among FORTUNE 1000 firms has slowed, and the majority of companies with defined benefit plans are committed...

July 23, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than half of financial institutions in a recent survey see organized crime, increased employee access to technology and poor hiring and screening...

July 23, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Bankrate, Inc. has found in a survey that over half of Americans polled (54%) are not equipped with an emergency savings fund equal...

CHICAGO - Cash balance plans have been through a lot the past few years - Congressional attacks, a frozen determination letter process, several participant lawsuits - and the...

CHICAGO - Plans with company stock as an investment option have always been high on the target list for plaintiffs' lawyers.