Benefits

May 14, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With less than half the nation's working adults covered by a workplace retirement program, a group of industry experts has put their heads...

May 11, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - Despite all the recent attention to the upcoming retirement of a raft of Baby Boomers and discussions about phased retirement programs, a new...

May 11, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly 90% of workers say a formal orientation process helped them prepare for success at the company when they started work, but one-third...

May 11, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of those enrolled in health savings accounts (HSAs) is expected to reach 30 million over the next three years, but some...

May 10, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - When some employers announce a large-scale employee layoff, they meet individually with the affected workers or perhaps send each an apologetic letter.

May 10, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Americans are willing to support initiatives that require employers to provide health insurance coverage, but are less willing to support income tax increases...

May 10, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Following a new analysis of defined benefit plan sponsorship among Fortune 100 companies, experts at Watson Wyatt Worldwide say the effect of last...

May 10, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Disorganized, rambling meetings, not tardiness, top the list of annoyances that employees have about meetings at work, according to a recent survey by...

May 10, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has accused Cisco Systems of discriminatory hiring practices, saying that the Silicon Valley-based company has a pattern...

May 10, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Cost savings is no longer the only main reason European companies are outsourcing their finance and accounting operations, a recent paper sponsored by...

May 9, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As Memorial Day approaches - and with it the traditional start of the vacation season - there are some lessons to be learned...

May 9, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - About 70% of employees do not think working moms get more of a break than everyone else, but nearly 60% of working men...

May 9, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - MBA students expect the lowest pay from the auditing, accounting and tax sector, according to a Fortune magazine survey of 5,000 current MBA...

May 9, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - About 80% of employees say that flexible work options are important, but only half of the respondents to a recent survey say they...

May 8, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago plans to move about 10,000 lay employees from a defined benefit pension into a 403(b) plan.

May 8, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While CIGNA Corporation lawyers' defense against excessive fee and inadequate fee disclosure allegations in the company's 401(k) plan runs to 27 pages, it...

May 8, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Daughters are more than twice as likely as their mothers to enter retirement steeped in debt of $25,000 or more and be forced...

May 8, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Same-sex partners of employees participating in New York state's Health Insurance Program will get health and welfare benefits under a new policy.

May 8, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Brazilian court has ordered an employer to fork over about $50,000 to compensate a worker for contributing to his alcoholism.

May 8, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Business is good, at least for small business owner respondents to a new survey.