Benefits

March 16, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Large employers are working toward achieving transparency in health-care pricing, quality of care, and efficiency, but want doctors and hospitals to move ahead...

March 15, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers who offer consumer directed health plans (CDHP) as well as other potential cost-saving programs are finding the most success in keeping their...

March 15, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Eighteen percent of small businesses say their older workers plan to keep working after retirement and 56% say they see the advantage of...

March 15, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The federal government's workplace safety agency has warned about 14,000 employers that their work site injury and illness rates are higher than average.

March 15, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than half (55%) of employees say that recognition for their work affects their performance, but a recent poll by Maritz, Inc., suggests...

March 14, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Over the next two years 60% of companies expect they will have to increase what they spend on administrative and operational functions, an...

March 13, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new report by a Washington, D.C.-based research group finds that organizations with robust information technology (IT) spending benefit from significant productivity increases.

March 14, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With recent research showing that just over half of Irish workers don't have retirement plan access in the workplace, the Irish government is...

March 14, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - For the first time in the five years that MetLife has been studying workplace benefits, employers in the firm's latest poll say keeping...

March 13, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new report by a Washington, D.C.-based research group finds that organizations with robust information technology (IT) spending benefit from significant productivity increases.

March 13, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The inability or failure of Canadian companies to collect data on the frequency, duration or cause of worker absences stemming from disabilities could...

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 13, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Only 28% of mainland Chinese workers are happy with their compensation and benefits packages compared to 47% in the U.S., which could have...

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 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) - 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) - A new Fidelity Investments survey found that the typical working American household is in an ever-so slightly more advantageous position with its retirement...

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