Benefits

October 31, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US employers have responded to continued price hikes in prescription drugs by redesigning drug benefits to shift more cost to plan members.

October 31, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Conference Board announced that its Help-Wanted Advertising Index inched up one point to 39 in September.

October 31, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An Invesmart survey found that offering participant advice and telephone access to a registered investment advisor was very important to nearly 65% of...

October 28, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An unusual lawsuit centering on a company's right to regulate an employee's off-duty behavior is apparently over without any clear indication who won.

October 28, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hewitt Associates and AmericaEconomia, a Latin American business publication, have revealed Hewitt's 25 Best Employers in Latin America and the characteristics they all...

October 28, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A study conducted by Aetna Global Benefits (AGB) found that 41% of benefits managers say the number of US-bound expatriates, or skilled foreign...

October 28, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US 8th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court's ruling that an employee who used a portion of his sick leave...

October 27, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - According to the 2006 Salary Guide from Robert Half International Inc., starting salaries in accounting and finance are projected to rise an average...

October 27, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The median annual increase in CEO compensation doubled to over 30% this year from 15.04% in last year's proxy filings survey by Board...

October 27, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Base starting salaries for administrative professionals in 2006 is expected to rise an average 6%, according to OfficeTeam's 2006 Salary Guide.

October 27, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The latest data from staffing company Robert Half shows that average starting salaries for US legal professionals are expected to rise 6.1% in...

October 26, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The United Auto Workers (UAW) warned Tuesday that bankrupt Delphi Corp. wants to freeze its union pension and eliminate retiree health care and...

October 26, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Most global companies with multinational retirement programs don't have the typical controls in place for those programs, according to a new study.

October 26, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As part of a recently kicked-off public awareness campaign, the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has put out detailed guidance about how...

October 26, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - FedEx Freight East has agreed to a $500,000 settlement with the EEOC over a racial discrimination lawsuit.

October 26, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In an unusual twist on typical pension calculation disputes, two Nevada lawmakers are supporting bills to give former employees of the top-secret Air...

October 26, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The landscape for Roth 401(k)s is bound to change in coming years with nearly one in five employers who participated in a survey...

October 25, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The latest Milliman health care cost data show that among Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) and Preferred Provider Organizations (PPOs) the once spiraling prices...

October 25, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Three Lucent retirees have hit the communications company with a lawsuit alleging that it did not maintain retiree health coverage even though it...

October 25, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Massachusetts property management firm has agreed to a $126,000 settlement deal to dispose of federal charges that it shortchanged a pension plan...