Benefits

March 21, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A recent survey from Watson Wyatt Worldwide shows that multi-national companies from all over the world are taking steps to prepare for a...

March 21, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Although the number of employment background checks performed in 2005 by ADP Employer Services was up 12% over the year, inconsistencies between an...

March 20, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Cleveland, Ohio-based Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc. has announced new hires for its US company as of January 1, 2006 will be covered under...

March 20, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) officials halted online account transactions briefly last week after participants reported receiving a suspicious e-mail.

March 20, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - WellPoint Inc. has frozen its defined benefit pension plan for most of its employees and beefed up its 401(k) offering, following a growing...

March 17, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Almost two-thirds (63%) of employers in a recent survey said they have not yet decided about how to handle their retiree benefit programs...

March 17, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - San Diego City Attorney Michael Aguirre has asked a California judge to invalidate pension benefits granted in 1996 and 2002.

March 16, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A growing number of US employers are implementing consumer-driven health plans (CDHP) to help control rising costs, according to a study from Watson...

March 15, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The network administrator at your office may be especially jolly on Friday as will your post office delivery person.

March 15, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In its continued effort to reduce health care costs, Ford Motor Company has announced it will charge for health insurance and dental coverage...

March 14, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A third of US companies participating in the regular Manpower hiring survey indicated that they plan to add staff in the second quarter...

March 14, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employer costs for employee compensation averaged $26.46 per hour worked in December 2005, the US Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)...

March 14, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly half of American workers say their employer takes their annual performance reviews seriously, a new poll found.

March 14, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The recent HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996) Privacy and Security survey conducted by the International Foundation of Employee Benefit...

March 13, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The time required to integrate an executive into a new position is longer than the traditional 90-day period, according to new research from...

March 13, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Demand for temporary workers in the US for the second quarter of 2006 is expected to exceed slightly more than 4% over the...

March 13, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - UK's Amicus Union has warned department store Harrods that it could be hit with a "damaging" strike over not properly consulting with workers...

March 13, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal court jury in North Florida has returned a $1.34 million sexual harassment and retaliation verdict against a local security agency.

March 13, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A national restaurant chain has agreed to a $2 million out of court settlement of charges that employees at three restaurants were sexually...

March 10, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Thousands of elderly in the UK could be asked to pay back around £130 million of pension benefits received.