Benefits

January 29, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Virginia-based marketing company for the home furnishing sector announced Monday that it would shut down its Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) and...

January 29, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new study suggests that lighter-skinned workers make more money, regardless of race.

January 29, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The looming retirements of Baby Boomers could launch a new generation of entrepreneurship, motivated by diminished job security, disappearing pensions, and retirement savings...

January 26, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With the Super Bowl only a week away, the folks at Challenger, Gray & Christmas have once again attempted to quantify the impact...

January 26, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - If you have a tendency to put things off - fear not.

January 26, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The New Jersey Senate passed a measure Thursday that will require newly elected officials to participate in a defined contribution plan and will...

January 26, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of employed wage and salary workers who were union members dropped 326,000 to 12% in 2006 - its lowest level in...

January 25, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite the fact that nearly one-half (45%) of office workers have been explicitly informed that their at-work technology usage is monitored, a majority...

As a growing number of defined benefit plan sponsors contemplate freezing those programs, a panel of industry professionals at PLANSPONSOR's 2006 DB Summit predicted the emergence of a...

January 25, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Workers are beginning to see the shift in the cost of benefits from the employer to the employee as a threat to their...

As PLANSPONSOR's 2006 DB Summit in Washington, DC commenced, the message from the opening plenary speaker was "It is a new day for DB plans!"

January 24, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Detroit automakers may be on the brink of a deal with the United Auto Workers (UAW) in which the union would fund a...

January 24, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal managers have so far been reluctant to accept telecommuting as an alternative work situation for their employees, mostly because they fear a...

At a time when new retirement legislation and pension accounting rules are prompting plan sponsors to make changes to their defined benefit offerings, whether it's a DB plan...

January 23, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. topped 11 countries in saving for retirement, according to a recent survey by AXA Equitable.

January 23, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While the majority of those age 50+ continue to perceive age bias as a strong force in life, employers see a decline in...

January 23, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers bringing college students into their workforce need to understand the young people are coming to them more idealistic and interested in making...

January 22, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A woman who was fired last year from her job as a sales coordinator for the Sheraton Hotel for keeping a journal of...

While defined benefit plans have been getting a bad rap lately, a panel of industry leaders at PLANSPONSOR's DB Summit last month said DB plans contain elements that...

January 22, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - RaceTrac Petroleum Inc. will pay $125,000 to settle a religious discrimination suit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) over charges...