Benefits

March 2, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Health care benefits ranked as the most popular benefit offered by employers, in a recent survey by SmartPros, followed by retirement savings plans...

March 1, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly 90% of employees typically show up for work when they are in chronic pain, rather than stay at home, but that doesn't...

March 1, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly one in five young workers reported that their employer doesn't exactly do a bang-up job in providing them information about tax-advantaged financial...

March 1, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Micron Technology, a Boise, Idaho manufacturer of semiconductors, has agreed to a $60,000 settlement in a workplace discrimination case involving an ex-employee who...

March 1, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fearful of being hit with participant lawsuits relating to the use of company stock in its retirement plans, a Jackson, Michigan energy company...

March 2, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - We don't have pictures to go with this 1,000 words....and perhaps that is just as well.

February 28, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Discrimination in the workplace is no less prevalent now than it was a decade ago - at least that was the assessment of...

February 28, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Sexual remarks were the most common type of ridicule in the workplace, followed by ethnic and racial slurs and age-based remarks, according to...

February 28, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Financial concerns ranked as the top challenge for workers in 2007, followed by the struggle to find a balance between work and life,...

February 28, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Tire manufacturing giant Goodyear Tire & Rubber has joined the ranks of U.S. employers turning away from their traditional pension plans in favor...

February 27, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - America West Airlines agreed to a $100,000 settlement with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) over charges that several female employees were...

February 27, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of consumer-driven health care (CDHC) accounts is expected to reach 31 million over the next five years partly due to greater...

February 27, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - FedEx Corporation said Tuesday it was making some changes to its retirement offerings, which includes bumping up company contributions to its 401(k) plan,...

February 27, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - One in five employees eligible to take a loan from their 401(k) plan actually did so in 2005, according to data from the...

February 26, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employer 401(k) matching contributions are getting more and more generous, according to a new Mercer Human Resource Consulting report.

February 26, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A recent survey by the International Society of Certified Employee Benefits Specialists (ISCEBS) showed that employers don't have a firm grasp on what...

February 26, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Most respondents to a recent survey foresee Social Security as the primary source of income in retirement, with younger respondents expecting to be...

February 26, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Sixty-two percent of Americans say they have not saved enough for retirement and one third of people say they may never be able...

February 23, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A survey has found U.S. employees spend an average 36 minutes each work day doing personal tasks ranging from surfing the Internet to...

February 23, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - SureWest Communications announced that it will freeze its defined benefit plan, but has promised to enhance educational reimbursement options, employee recognition programs and...