Benefits

December 7, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The latest Executive Quiz from Korn/Ferry International found that executives believe their boss is the hardest person for whom to buy a holiday...

December 7, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A survey from the Kaiser Family Foundation and Hewitt Associates finds that 79% of large firms that now provide retiree health benefits will...

December 7, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Companies that have existing global offshoring projects face a wide range of potential personnel problems both here and overseas, a new Conference Board...

December 7, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new Canadian survey has found that those polled see their retirement years as something very different than their parents did.

December 6, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Verizon Communications Inc. has announced that it will freeze its pension plan for managers and increase matching contributions in its 401(k) plan instead.

December 6, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A growing number of large employers are stepping up programs to make their workers both more productive and healthy.

December 6, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Naperville, Illinois telemarketing company which refused to hire a blind woman who showed up for the interview with a guide dog has...

December 2, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Consumer driven health plans may be gaining popularity in some quarters, but that apparently doesn't mean Americans are more likely to hash out...

December 1, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A former employee of GAB Robins North America Inc. has charged in a lawsuit against the insurance claims adjuster that she was discriminated...

December 1, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Only around one-fifth (21%) of non-standard workers have health insurance through their employers, compared to three-fourths (74%) of regular full-time workers, according to...

December 1, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - One Montana county is attacking the problem of county employees with extra poundage by giving them the best incentive around to shed it:...

December 1, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Board members and staff for the federal employees' Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) want plan changes approved by Congress, but fear unwelcome additions.

December 1, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A potentially controversial report by a blue-ribbon commission charged with recommending reforms to New Jersey's troubled pension and health benefit systems recommended raising...

November 30, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Middle managers are a super important factor in determining whether a company is going to be successful in the marketplace, according to a...

November 30, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A recent survey found that the top three concerns of Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) for their companies are fuel costs, health care costs,...

November 30, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new survey found that the average benefit manager makes nearly $83,743 a year and has 14.5 years of experience.

November 30, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The lifecycle funds added to the federal Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) four months ago are proving even more popular than officials had predicted.

November 29, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A compensation trade group has asked federal officials to put off certain reporting requirements for nonqualified deferred compensation (NQDC) plans.

November 29, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A former worker is suing the Dana-Faber Cancer Institute alleging retaliation after she complained of an insulting conversation with a co-worker.

November 28, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Ohio State Representative Tom Brinkman, Jr. has sued the Miami University of Ohio saying its offering of health care benefits to same-sex partners...