Benefits

September 14, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A study from Greenwich Associates has revealed that 44% of plan sponsors go with their existing investment consultant when in need of a...

September 13, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers may be predicting a health care coverage cost increase that is more manageable than in recent years, but the slowing of cost...

September 13, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Morgan Stanley became the latest Wall Street firm to stand accused of violating overtime pay laws with a federal court lawsuit filed by...

September 13, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - St. Louis-based Hardee's has agreed to pay $34,000 to settle a lawsuit claiming that one of its restaurants repeatedly refused to hire a...

September 13, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An upcoming study by the Employee Benefits Research Institute (EBRI) provides details on America's uninsured, 83% of whom live in families headed by...

September 12, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The shift from defined benefit to defined contribution plans continued in 2000, with DB plans declining 4.1% from 50,000 in 1999 to 48,000...

September 9, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of private-sector employees covered by a workplace retirement plan actually fell back slightly between 2003 and 2004, according to a new...

September 9, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Northwest Airlines has frozen two pension plans that cover salaried employees, Business Insurance reports.

September 9, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - American Airlines has issued frequent trading restrictions on its 401(k) plan, following the lead of some of the fund providers for the plan.

September 9, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is suing Mount Morris Mutual Insurance Co. of Coloma, WI for firing a file room employee because...

September 8, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Golfers may have their eye on the next hole while out on the links, but one thing they're apparently not spending much energy...

September 8, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Delta Air Lines has been slapped with a sexual discrimination suit after a flight attendant got fired for posting photos of herself in...

September 8, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Enterprise Systems' IT salary survey for 2005 shows that while managers and professionals working in large system data centers feel more insecure about...

September 8, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An office nightmare would be an employee whose phone conversations are loud enough to be heard for blocks and who insists on using...

September 8, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The MetLife Study of Open Enrollment Benefit Trends shows that 34% of married employees do not consult with their spouse or partner and...

September 8, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A survey by Mercer Human Resource Consulting of 1,100 UK employees found that only 36% trust senior managers to always communicate honestly.

September 7, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new Towers Perrin survey suggests that senior leaders are achieving some success in communicating with employees - at least compared to where...

September 7, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Many Americans are so concerned about their retirement financial future that it keeps them awake at night.

September 7, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A severance package offered to separated employees today is likely to be slimmer than one in 2001, according to a new survey.

September 7, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The American Hospital Association (AHA) reports that the median participation rates of health care employees for 403(b) and 401(k) plans each increased 5%...