Benefits

February 9, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - They say a picture's worth a thousand words.

February 7, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers with workplace restrictions on piercings and "body art" might find it interesting that twice as many Democrats get pierced as do Republicans,...

February 7, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Robert Half International has identified five accounting and finance jobs providing the most promising career prospects, driven in part by Securities and Exchange...

February 7, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New federal government guidance on dealing with an influenza pandemic offers specific protections for each of four risk zones in a workplace based...

February 7, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The majority of new CPA professionals cite the chance to advance within a firm as the number one motivator behind joining an organization,...

February 7, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new study shows that the number of workers who enroll in a workplace health care plan goes down as employees' share of...

February 7, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employees are generally accepting of office romances as long as they don't interfere with work, according to a recent survey by Vault Inc.

February 7, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The "flirtiest" co-workers reside in the Western United States, where 45% of working adults claim they have flirted with a colleague, according to...

February 6, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The latest White House proposal for the 2008 federal budget would cut in half the government's health care contribution for new federal retirees...

February 6, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Some 56% of employers said in a survey that their workers would rather have a more hefty salary than an excellent retirement package...

February 5, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Sears Canada Inc. announced Monday that it is freezing its defined benefit plan in 2008 for current workers in favor of a defined...

February 5, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than half of employees say employer-sponsored wellness programs encourage them to work harder and 55% say the programs persuade them to stay...

February 5, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Hartford, Connecticut-based insurance company is changing its retirement savings program to include a re-engineered defined benefit pension and a beefed-up 401(k) plan.

February 2, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - For the first time since 2002, the total number of discrimination charge filings against private-sector employers received by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity...

February 2, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A salesman who chipped a tooth on a cookie while visiting a customer is entitled to compensation for his dental work after a...

February 1, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new Hewitt Associates study of large US company retirement plans found more evidence of how far the auto enrollment trend has swept...

February 1, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Washington state-based Empire Health Services announced that it will freeze its defined benefit plan on April 1 and shift to its 403(b) program.

February 1, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new Congressional Research Service (CRS) report puts some data behind a basic retirement savings adage: the earlier you start, the more you...

January 31, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Government data shows that annual compensation costs for civilian workers jumped 3.3% for the year ended December 2006, up from 3.1% for the...

January 31, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Confidence among accounting and finance professionals jumped in January, as the group's Hudson Employment Index spiked 14.5 points to 120.5, according to a...