Benefits

June 21, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The University of Kentucky has unveiled a domestic partner benefits program under which domestic partners and "sponsored dependents" would qualify for coverage that...

June 21, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Salary.com has released the results of its annual survey on compensation for human resource professionals.

June 21, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With regulatory changes firmly in place, a new study has found many employers are trying to find the best way to provide their...

June 21, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While most human resource professionals agreed compensation was very important to achieving certain business goals, a new survey found companies are not using...

June 21, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Research from the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) confirms the role reversal since 1979 of defined benefit and defined contribution plans as the...

June 20, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Automatic enrollment continues to gain popularity in 401(k) plans and may soon be the norm, according to results of a survey by the...

June 20, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The pay-for-performance trend is apparently getting hotter as the number of workers whose companies have adopted such programs rose from 35% in 2006...

June 20, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Retaining employees outranked controlling costs as employers' top benefits objective on a recent survey.

June 19, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Projections of health care cost trends for 2008, reported by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), indicate a return to single digit increases for employers.

June 19, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly one-third of American adults describe themselves as apprehensive, panicked, or clueless about their retirement, according to results of a survey conducted on...

June 19, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Even though a new report by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) indicates a drop in the number of federal employees telecommuting...

June 18, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Illinois State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias announced this weekend that he is extending domestic partner benefits to his employees.

June 18, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Researchers at the University of Oregon claim that giving money to a good cause stimulates the same pleasure centers in a group of...

June 18, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) has decided not to cut reimbursements to contractors for pension benefits of new hires.

June 15, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Don't be surprised if you find a co-worker of the opposite sex coming out of the office potty that used to be for...

June 15, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With continued increases in Medicare and health care costs, concerns are growing about how much money people will need to take care of...

June 15, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Some 89.2% of executives in a recent survey said it is a company's duty to make a positive impact in the world, if...

June 14, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Employee Thrift Advisory Council gave its nod to a proposal to automatically enroll federal employees in the Thrift Savings Plan's lifecycle fund,...

June 14, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly 60% of executives noted that the level of productivity rises when workers are friends outside of work and 63% of employees agreed...

June 14, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Accounting professionals who are certified earn about 27% more than those without a certification, a recent survey by the Institute of Management Accountants...