Benefits

September 6, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - President Bush issued a memorandum to the Office of Personnel Management asking it to establish a program to facilitate the transfer of leave...

September 6, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit by a senior citizen advocacy group that charged that major US drug companies violated antitrust...

September 6, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The proxy for EchoStar Communications, Inc. October 6 shareholders' meeting includes a proposal to change the company's policies to prohibit discrimination against gay...

September 6, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Skokie, Illinois worker who was so angry at his bosses that he spiked the company coffeemaker with toxic chemicals and urine was...

September 6, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Profit Sharing/401(k) Council of America's (PSCA's) Survey of Defined Contribution Plan Participant Statements 2005 found that plan sponsors are happy with the...

September 6, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - There have been surveys about the oddest job interviews, most bizarre resumes, and even the most unusual excuses for missing a day of...

September 6, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A majority (53%) of working Americans employed with a company that offers a retirement plan reported they experienced moderate to high levels of...

September 6, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A report from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) found that drugs purchased through mail-order pharmacies owned by Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBM) cost less...

September 2, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal Administrative Law Judge has ruled that a California Customs and Border Protection Officer was effectively driven from job by pervasive sexual...

September 2, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Texas State Board of Pharmacy has announced that it is putting off implementing procedures for Canadian pharmaceutical drug importation until it gets...

September 2, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Allstate has agreed to pay up to $120 million to settle claims that some of its white-collar California employees were denied overtime pay...

September 2, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - After a meeting during which hundreds of current and retired county employees protested the possible loss of benefits, the San Diego county pension...

September 2, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has ruled that the federal Transportation Security Administration (TSA) improperly refused to allow a pregnant San Diego...

September 1, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) found a large gap between employee contributions required for employer sponsored medical plans between union and non-union...

September 1, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has filed suit against Kaiser Permanente Hawaii for allegedly discriminating against a pregnant nurse.

September 1, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - For the first time since an Atlanta-based staffing company began surveying US employers and employees on workplace trends, the level of employee morale...

August 31, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An online poll conducted by HR.BLR.com and Compensation.BLR.com found that only 3% of HR managers automatically disqualify job applicants who don't give a...

August 31, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new Hewitt Associates survey paints a somewhat grim picture of the predicted salary outlook for next year.

August 31, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A survey conducted by Robert Half International Inc. and CareerBuilder.com designed to compare and contrast the perspectives of hiring managers and workers in...

August 31, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers expect a continual slow decline in the double-digit cost increases of the past six years in their health care costs, but still...