Benefits

April 7, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A study from The Segal Company found that most multiemployer health funds that provided prescription drug coverage to Medicare-eligible retirees opted for the...

April 6, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US business owners are adapting to higher energy prices and interest rates, but rising health care costs are dampening their plans to hire...

April 6, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mercer Human Resource Consulting has announced that it is setting up a global operations hub for its HR outsourcing business in India.

April 6, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has filed a lawsuit against the Lawry's steakhouse chain claiming it barred men from being servers in...

April 6, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The federal government's personnel agency has asked Congress for a special $26.7 million appropriation for a "retirement systems modernization project."

April 5, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fifty-five percent of companies surveyed indicate they expect to recruit Generation Y employees in the near future to help fill vacancies left by...

April 5, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A report from Greenwich Associates (GA) points out that US companies are shifting their focus from providing education and advice to offering products...

April 5, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Hudson Employment Index for IT workers gained 10.4 points to register 115 in March, according to a Hudson news release.

April 5, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A recent survey by Salary.com shows that the majority of employers affected by last year's hurricanes retained their employees and compensation benefits and...

April 4, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US and European best practice companies estimate they are overspending by 10% and underperforming by 10% as a result of workforce deficiencies.

April 4, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Employee Benefits Research Institute's (EBRI) 2006 Retirement Confidence Survey reveals that workers are more confident in their financial security in retirement than...

April 4, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Genesys Human Capital Management (HCM) trends survey for 2006 shows that companies continue to outsource human resource functions.

April 3, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A MetLife study of retirement aged workers reveals retirement is no longer defined by a specific date, but rather a desired state of...

April 3, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Directors at semiconductor companies enjoyed a whopping 45% cash compensation hike in 2005, a new study found.

March 31, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed a lawsuit against United Parcel Service Inc. (UPS) for religious discrimination on behalf of a Rastafarian...

March 31, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Retirees of Caterpillar Inc. have filed suit against the company to enforce promised health care benefits under collective bargaining agreements.

March 31, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Executives at firms backed by venture capital are taking home fatter paychecks these days.

March 30, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Senior US executives earn the highest salaries and annual total cash globally, according to a Mercer Human Resource Consulting survey.

March 30, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers are preparing to hire significantly more new MBAs in 2006 than they did last year, according to a survey of corporate recruiters...

March 30, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While more than three-quarters (77%) of companies polled do not expect to cut health care benefits to retirees in the next 12 months,...