Benefits

January 4, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Sixty-percent of employees plan to look for new jobs this year, but traditional reasons like higher pay or greater flexibility did not rank...

January 4, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A report from Vimo.com, an Internet comparison shopping Web site for health care, asserts the low level of participation in health savings accounts...

January 4, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Twenty percent of workers are planning on making a job switch this year and nearly half (48%) of them are looking for a...

January 4, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While retirement plan sponsors and providers have long fretted about substandard participation and savings rates, a new study suggested there may be a...

January 3, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of online job vacancies took a 10% dive in December by 366,700, but was up 17% from the same period last...

January 3, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A survey by Spencer's Benefits Reports found that Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) claim amounts are costing companies about 45% more than...

January 3, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly six in 10 (58%) working Canadians plan to do paid work in retirement - more than double the 23% of current retirees...

January 3, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Health spending per capita in the US is much higher than in other countries - at least 24% higher than in the next...

January 3, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly half of US workers surveyed by Yahoo! HotJobs said they plan to search for a new job in 2007.

January 3, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of private-sector jobs in December fell for the first time since 2003, dropping by 40,000, according to the ADP Employment Services...

January 2, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A former employee of a subsidiary of General Electric Co. (GE) has filed a class-action suit over the theft of a laptop from...

January 2, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A good working environment is often more valuable to workers than pay and low employee morale leads to lower productivity, according to a...

December 29, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Attorney General of Wisconsin has ruled that the state's ban on same-sex marriage does not mean employers must stop providing domestic partner...

December 29, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Former Illinois Governor George Ryan filed a lawsuit Wednesday in an effort to hang on to at least some of his $197,000-a-year state...

December 29, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger issued an executive order on Thursday establishing the Public Employee Post-Employment Benefits Commission to propose ways for addressing growing...

December 29, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Bethlehem Steel's Retired Employees Benefits Coalition (REBCO), representing salaried retirees and their spouses, will voluntarily dissolve by December 31, according to the Baltimore...

December 29, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The most prominent trend in health care in 2007 will be a greater move toward high-deductible health plans (HDHPs) paired with some type...

December 28, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Research by The Hackett Group found offshoring of back-office functions could generate $58 billion in annual savings for Fortune 500 companies - $15.6...

December 28, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Echoing the findings of other similar polls, a new survey from Edward Jones found that nearly one-third of Americans are most concerned about...

December 26, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The latest employment survey by online job Web site CareerBuilder.com reflects a bright picture for 2007 with almost 10% of companies planning to...