Benefits

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 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 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 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.

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 7, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's nurses may be getting called upon to work extra hours due to a nursing shortage, but some are putting the extra...

May 7, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Being a fisherman was ranked as the most life-threatening job in 2005, and was also one of the lowest paying jobs, according to...

May 7, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A union-backed research group in Chicago asserted in a new research report that proposals to transition Illinois state employees from a traditional pension...

May 7, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - For plan sponsors not going the automatic enrollment route, an earnest effort at communicating plan features to participants simply can propel an increase...

May 4, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - Philadelphia-based financial services company Lincoln Financial Group is the latest employer to turn away from its defined benefit pension plan and transition employees...

May 4, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - About 20% of Baby Boomers contribute to the financial upkeep of an elderly parent and nearly a quarter (24%) give financial support to...

May 3, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - About half of small business employees (49%) who now belong to a workplace retirement plan say they would stay away from a potential...

May 3, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Communicating with plan participants via a Web site may still be the "in" thing, but a recent study indicates that plan providers' Internet...