Benefits

January 26, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Pennsylvania property and casualty insurer has become the latest in a growing line of companies freezing their defined benefit program in favor...

January 26, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new survey of workers and hiring managers found that the number of employees faking an illness to get a sick day rose...

January 25, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Wilbraham, Massachusetts-based Friendly's Ice Cream Corp has slashed health care benefits for 454 of its full-time employees.

January 25, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The success and quality of talent management programs varies despite the fact that it is considered a major priority at many companies, according...

January 25, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal district court has ordered the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to pay $1,022,653.69 in attorney's fees and expenses to a Pasadena...

January 25, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Computer giant IBM has been slapped with a lawsuit charging that it did not pay overtime to tens of thousands of rank-and-file employees.

January 25, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Consumer directed health plans (CDHP) grew at a significantly slower rate in 2005 than other types of health plans, a new survey found.

January 25, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A study released today by the Employment Policies Institute reveals that as the cost of health care rises, businesses try to keep labor...

January 25, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fidelity Investments has announced that, based on recordkeeping data from its Employer Services Company, baby boomers turning 60 this year have surpassed the...

January 24, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The HR outsourcing business (HRO) continues to grow with executives as keen as ever about wringing cost savings out of the move, a...

January 24, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new survey of day laborers found that just under half (49%) claim they were denied proper pay for work they performed in...

January 24, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new survey from AXA Equitable found that only one in five workers knows what their specific retirement income will be.

January 24, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An increasing trend facing employers these days is the willingness of African-American employees to turn to the courts to settle allegations they were...

January 24, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Preliminary findings from the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) indicated that 46% of the federal workforce "would like additional training to improve their...

January 23, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - According to a survey release by The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., 52% of wealthy adults rated "providing for my health and wellness"...

January 20, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Two studies show a link between the workplace, work-related stress, asthma, and heart disease.

January 20, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An employee of Penn Millers Insurance Co. of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania is seeking more than $80,000 on claims that she was fired as an...

January 20, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Turning aside claims by a lower court judge that he had no jurisdiction to rule on a Wal-Mart unionization legal fight, a federal...

January 20, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Add two more US companies to the growing list of firms freezing their defined benefit pension in favor of a 401(k) program.

January 19, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Princeton, Minnesota school bus driver claims she was fired from her job for being a witch.