Benefits

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...

January 18, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new study released by the Employment Policies Institute shows that laws mandating employer-provided health care coverage do little to decrease the number...

January 17, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than a third (35%) of retail workers said they will look for new jobs in 2006, according to a CareerBuilder.com survey.

January 17, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The owners of 13 California residential care facilities have paid $637,000 in back overtime pay to more than 200 health care workers after...

January 17, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Aluminum manufacturing giant Alcoa on Monday joined a parade of companies retreating from their defined benefit pensions with word that new hires after...

January 13, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - One out of every four health care workers surveyed by CareerBuilder.com said they are not happy with their job and plan to look...

January 13, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A split New York state appellate court has turned aside objections from religious-affiliated employers and upheld a controversial law requiring employers to provide...

January 13, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - About 40% of senior manager respondents to a recent survey said they felt their health and family life had suffered as a result...

January 13, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While a 401(k) company match does impact plan participation rates, that impact is more on the unremarkable side, according to a new study.

January 13, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Former 'General Hospital' actress, Kari Wuhrer, is suing ABC-TV for pregnancy discrimination as well as other charges.

January 12, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The British Airline Pilots Association says it will fight any plans to make its members pay for a deficit of more than 1...

January 12, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As Northwest Airlines continues its efforts to emerge from US Bankruptcy Court protection, the carrier's pilots have agreed overwhelmingly with a proposal to...

January 11, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new study asserted that people go through predictable and identifiable stages centering around their retirement similar to those experienced in other major...

January 11, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As a sign that senior HR executives are getting more respect, senior HR executives in Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, India, Japan, Spain, Taiwan...

January 11, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - If a work colleague sways on the way to the water cooler or spends time with his head on his desk moaning, there...

January 11, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A survey from executive search firm Korn/Ferry International found that the first of the year is the best time for a job seeker...

January 11, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Congress has directed the Army to set up a pilot program to study whether matching contributions to the federal Thrift Savings Plan (TSP)...

January 10, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly a quarter of those who took a lump-sum distribution from their plan in 2003 used the money for immediate consumption such as...

January 10, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A report in the Journal of Health Affairs says the rate of increase in US health care spending in 2004 was at its...

January 10, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a move that reflects a continuing trend for defined benefit plans, Milliken & Co. has announced its 9,300 employees will no longer...