Benefits

November 3, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Citigroup Inc. has said it will freeze its defined benefit pension plan effective in 2008.

November 1, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The stimulating effects of caffeine can have a downside for workers trying to stay alert, including hospitalization in some extreme cases, according to...

November 2, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new survey of human resources executives found that more than half have not stepped up their general monitoring of employees in the...

November 2, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The chairman and CEO of Met-Pro Corporation, manufacturer of industrial pumps and provider of pollution control devices, has announced the company is freezing...

November 2, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) has agreed to pay its former retirement programs manager to settle a claim it wrongfully fired him...

November 2, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Women ages 21 to 64 have a slight edge when it comes to saving for retirement in an employer plan, according to a...

November 2, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Insurance and consulting firm Aon has announced proposed changes to its US and UK defined benefit pension plans.

November 2, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New research by a Washington, DC-based group showed that just over half of health maintenance organizations (HMO) used pay-for-performance in their contracts with...

November 2, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Looking at its biggest quarterly loss in 14 years, Ford Motor Company has announced a series of pay and benefits cutbacks affecting both...

November 2, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Belo Corp, publisher of the Dallas Morning News and owner of a host of other media properties, announced Thursday that it intends to...

November 2, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US workforce productivity did not budge in the last quarter, but labor costs continued to climb by 3.8%, the Labor Department announced Thursday.

November 1, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A recent poll of 507 small business owners or CEO's/Presidents commissioned by ShareBuilder 401(k) found the majority (61%) had never heard of the...

November 1, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Utah Department of Health has announced a new program to give employed residents of the state assistance in paying for their employer-sponsored...

November 1, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new study has found that companies are increasingly moving sophisticated critical functions to China, India and other offshore locations mostly because that...

November 1, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has reached a settlement with Cigna on a claim that the company's customer service call center in...

November 1, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A North Carolina arbitrator has started hearings into whether about 70 Philip Morris USA workers fired for lying on hardship withdrawal documents from...

October 31, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - At a time when demand for talent is high and the pool of available talent is shrinking, accounting firms are not delivering on...

October 31, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Total compensation costs for civilian, private industry, and state and local government employers were little changed in the quarter ending September 2006 from...

October 31, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Five hospitals in South Florida have announced they will give preferential status to vendors who provide health insurance to their employees.

October 31, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Staffing company Manpower Inc. announced that it has beefed up its social responsibility program to encompass a broader range of initiatives.