Benefits

November 8, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Department of Labor has issued opinion letters regarding overtime pay to employees who are paid a premium pay when called in to...

November 8, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Communicating with your workers isn't just idle chatter; it can help your company financially outpace those who play things close to the vest,...

November 8, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - HR consulting and outsourcing firm Black Mountain Group Inc. has acquired TCBS Consulting LLC and has announced a new chief operating officer.

November 7, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The decade between 1994 and 2004 saw a significant trend reversal in health coverage, according to a new study.

November 4, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While employers must begin information reporting on deferred compensation for tax year 2005, the Treasury Department has not yet fully addressed how companies...

November 4, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured (KCMU) issued five reports portraying the government's health care provisions as increasingly straining to meet...

November 4, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Results of the Administaff Business Confidence Survey showed that cost and availability of health care remains the top concern for small business owners.

November 3, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 2005 What's Working Survey by Mercer Human Resource Consulting found that longer-term employees are less satisfied with their bosses and overall company...

November 3, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Fidelity Investments study found that 45% of employers plan to offer a consumer-driven health plan (CDHP) option to employees for 2006

November 2, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Conference Board's report from its survey of 658 global CEO's said that health care costs ranked seventh on the list of US...

November 2, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A study by Vanguard's Center for Retirement Research notes that participants in 401(k) plans should not only diversify their assets, but should use...

November 2, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com)-Today, a second age discrimination class action lawsuit was brought against 3M Company in state court in Newark, NJ on behalf of about 100 current...

November 1, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Seventy-one percent of respondents to an online survey by Infommersion said they have fallen asleep or been sleepy during an "uninteresting" presentation.

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) - 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 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...