Benefits

March 13, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A quarter of U.S. workers do not participate in a retirement plan and 21% say they don't stash away money for savings each...

March 13, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. employers plan to scale back on hiring in the second quarter of 2007, with only 28% of companies planning to increase payrolls...

March 12, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Workers participating in a 401(k) plan were more likely to prefer a salary increase rather than a higher employer match, according to a...

March 12, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - One-third of employers lose between 10% and 25% of their new hires within the first year, with the number one reason for losing...

March 12, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new Fidelity Investments survey found that the typical working American household is in an ever-so slightly more advantageous position with its retirement...

March 12, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The average person spends or will spend 1.4 hours reviewing their benefits packages each year and nearly half of Americans spend either no...

March 12, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Jurors have awarded $45,000 to a woman who said she was fired for bringing her dog to work as a way to ease...

March 9, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than half of American women (60%) say they only get a good night's sleep a few nights per week or less and...

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March 8, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Forty-seven percent of human resources professionals are opposed to the proposed minimum wage increase to $7.25, while 31% sanctioned the federally-mandated pay hike,...

March 8, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Eighty percent of adults say some or all employers should be required to offer paid sick leave to their employees, but 52% admit...

March 8, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Only 5% of firms intend to use the automatic enrollment feature sanctioned by the PPA to get employees to contribute to a 401(k)...

March 8, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The government on Wednesday sued Walgreen Company, alleging that giant drugstore chain systematically discriminated against African American workers in job placement and in...

March 8, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - IBM will today announce a multi-million dollar personal finance and education benefit program for all its U.S. employees - "IBM MoneySmart."

March 7, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly 60% of workers don't know how they would financially manage a disability that robs them of an income and almost half of...

March 7, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A survey of U.S. employers and employees found that neither believes current employer benefit programs are living up to their potential.

March 7, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Women's perceived attitudes may be holding them back from gaining leadership positions, according to a recent survey that suggests the commonly held stereotypes...

March 7, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A continued decline in positive drug test results for the amphetamine class of drugs among safety-sensitive workers, coupled with a decrease in positive...

March 7, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The compensation packages for executives are swelling as the talent pool from which companies pull their prized administrators is shrinking, a recent survey...

March 6, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With March Madness just around the corner, a new survey claims that office pool betting is gaining in popularity.