Benefits

May 17, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Five emotions can influence retirement investors to react to market uncertainty in ways that may not be in their best interest, according to...

May 17, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly 20% of U.S. leaders ranked landing a promotion as their No. 1 greatest life challenge in a survey by a human resources...

May 16, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Only 6 % of companies in a new survey have assessed how Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Statement No. 157 (SFAS 157), Fair...

May 16, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Seven retired employees of telecommunications company Qwest or their beneficiaries are challenging a Qwest move to cut the benefits available under a company...

May 16, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Teachers in Washington state filed suit against the state, claiming that legislative action revoking a 1998 "gain-sharing" law is unconstitutional and will cost...

May 16, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The greatest challenge facing U.S. businesses in terms of staffing a talented workforce is a shortage of potential leaders, with more than half...

May 16, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Some of us are road warriors - and others road worriers - and some are just plain rude.

May 16, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A majority (63%) of U.S. companies are now offering their executives time-vested restricted shares, an incentive that was once most popular as a...

May 16, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Those just entering the finance and accounting professions will have to take the initiative to ask for help when it comes to finding...

May 16, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - About 80% of micro-businesses do not offer retirement plans to their owners or employees, and only 5% of micro-businesses say they plan to...

May 15, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Electronics retailer RadioShack has been hit with an Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) fiduciary breach lawsuit for having too much company stock...

May 14, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Roughly a quarter of working moms aren't happy about the toll their job is taking on their home life, according to a new...

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) - 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...