Benefits

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...

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 22, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The big news in the world of workplace law during 2006 was that Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) litigation "far outpaced" the filing...

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...

January 22, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Executives say that employees working away from the office are less likely to climb the ranks in their careers, but nearly half say...

January 19, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than three quarters (77%) of UK bosses think their companies would benefit from a fixed annual quota of staff dismissals.

January 19, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new study of 400 women professionals by the Simmons School of Management in collaboration with Hewlett-Packard found that most are not "opting...

January 18, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A simple recognition of a job well done can go a long way in motivating workers, according to a recent survey.

January 18, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new Vanguard Group study supports the notion that retirement these days for many Americans is not a matter of suddenly exchanging employment...

January 18, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Arguing that retirement benefits and wages are increasingly more generous for Canadian public sector employees than private sector employees, the Canadian Federation of...

January 18, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly one in five government workers are unhappy with their jobs, and the same number say they want to leave their job before...

January 17, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal employees generally favor changes to the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) that the board is considering requesting from the new Congress, such as...

January 17, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In spite of additional information security efforts announced last June by officials of the federal employees' Thrift Savings Plan (TSP), in late December...

January 17, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than three-quarters (76%) of U.S. workers report to a Caucasian boss and a third (34%) have a female boss, according to a...

January 17, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Newly released results of a study from Fidelity Investments indicate Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs) are not generally being used as a primary retirement...

January 17, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New employees are being allowed to get up to speed in their company's 401(k) plan more quickly than a year ago, according to...

January 16, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite the support of most of its major union groups for a new pension proposal, British Airways Plc cabin crew voted by a...