Benefits

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

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 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 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) - The ex-personal assistant to Laurence Fishburne has charged the actor with sexual discrimination for using her pregnancy as excuse to fire her.

January 19, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The ongoing battle between the US Labor Department and a workers' rights group over getting employees back pay awards has now moved into...

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

January 19, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The key finding of the "2005 Skills Gap Survey" put out by Deloitte is that US manufacturing companies are experiencing a shortfall of...

January 18, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new Salary.com survey indicates that 65% of workers plan on looking for a new job in the next three months with the...

January 18, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans has released 'Wellness Programs', the tenth publication in its Survey & Sample Series.

January 18, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Ford Motor Company is now offering laid-off workers at its Edison, New Jersey truck plant a deal to pay for the employee's college...

January 18, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Reason Foundation, in its June 2005 study "The Gathering Pension Storm", recommended terminating defined benefit plans for public employees, arguing that policymakers...