Benefits

February 1, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nissan North America has frozen its defined benefit pension plan to new hires as of January 1 and is offering instead a 401(k)...

February 1, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Three years after the introduction of the consumer driven health plan (CDHP) model, the health plans are still mostly offered by large employers.

February 1, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new report released by The Commonwealth Fund found that, in 2002, 15% of US families (18 million households) had high out-of-pocket health-care...

February 1, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Three quarters of HR executives who reported in a recent poll that their personnel management programs were in place indicated that those initiatives...

January 31, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - If you have ever thought your boss or co-workers could just as easily live in the jungle swinging from trees, you have a...

January 31, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 2006 annual Office Romance survey from Vault Inc. found that 27.5% of employees have had a tryst in the office, up from...

January 31, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Many US-based multinational corporations are falling down on the job when it comes to effectively communicating with all of their business units around...

January 31, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An Aon Consulting survey reveals similar values between Baby Boomers and Generation Xers when it comes to choosing voluntary benefits.

January 31, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employees not only ask for wellness benefits but take advantage of employer offerings according to latest results from the Principal Financial Well-Being Index.

January 31, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A bill giving state police officers a better chance to qualify for state-supported health insurance after they retire has received preliminary approval by...

January 30, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More workers than ever are satisfied with their employer's benefits package, a new survey found.

January 30, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new guide published by the Principal Financial Group offers benefits managers a quick way to compare their own lineup with those offered...

January 27, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Labor Department (DoL) said more than 100 workers helping to clean debris from a US Navy facility in Mississippi will get...

January 27, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A recent poll shows a gap between how employees' performance is recognized and how they want it to be recognized.

January 27, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Customers, clients, and patients are most often the wrongdoers when it comes to committing violent acts on the nearly half of US workers...

January 27, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - InfoLink Screening Service has released a report of the percentages of negative findings on applicant background checks in 2005 broken down by screening...

January 26, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Although US firms disclose many details about their inner workings to the public, most are virtually mum in their annual report about how...

January 26, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Information technology (IT) managers are not giving their employees a whole lot of direction on selecting the training they should take advantage of,...

January 26, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Corporate executives are not sufficiently focused on a potential worker shortage caused by Boomer retirements - possibly because they underestimate its impact.

January 26, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The state of Michigan plans to open a new 401(k) retirement savings program for employees of small companies that do not offer a...