Benefits

August 31, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fifty seven percent of workers polled say they are not reaping the benefits of an improved economy in their work life.

August 31, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Muscatine, Iowa-based engineering firm topped AARP's 2005 list of the top 50 American companies for workers 50 and older.

August 31, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A New York City-based health care advocacy group has put an enormous annual price tag on the nation's lost productivity due to health...

August 30, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - According to Development Dimensions International's (DDI's) Leadership Forecast 2005-2006 Best Practices for Tomorrow's Global Leaders, personal ambition, and not the boss or company...

August 30, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Annual premiums for employer-sponsored health plans in 2004 averaged $3,696 for individuals and $9,948 for family coverage, according to a new survey by...

August 29, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Ten writers and editors for seven reality TV shows have sued Fox Broadcasting Co. and Rocket Science Laboratories for denying them meal breaks...

August 29, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - If you are looking for the most generous employee benefit package, you had better start with the government, education, and nonprofit sectors, a...

August 26, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is suing a Chandler, Arizona based supermarket company for discrimination due to its hiring practices at...

August 26, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Tom's Foods, currently in bankruptcy court, has filed an application with the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation to stop benefit accruals for its pension...

August 25, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com)-On August 1, 2005, the Federal Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) introduced lifecycle (L) funds to its 3.4 million participants, and the funds have already exceeded...

August 25, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Some 38% of GenXers (age 26 to 40) believe that educational costs will be out of their financial reach by the time their...

August 25, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In its National Compensation Survey on Employee Benefits in Private Industry in the US as of March 2005, the DoL's Bureau of Labor...

August 24, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Obesity rates continued to rise last year in every state but one and government policies and actions to date offer little hope of...

August 24, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has ruled with a company which has a policy directing employees not to "…fraternize on or off...

August 24, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Congressional Research Service (CRS) report says policymakers should be concerned about whether Medicare Part D provisions will be enough to encourage employers...

August 24, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A national survey by Fidelity Investments of workers aged 25 and older found that one third of workers are delaying their retirement for...

August 24, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employees of small-to-mid-sized Illinois companies may now take unpaid family leave if they have a spouse or child called up to active military...

August 24, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Using equity-based compensation as a long-term incentive program (LTI) is very much not just an American phenomenon, according to a new survey.

August 24, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Seventy three percent of large employers with a defined-benefit pension plan say their number one concern with maintaining it is expense and funding...

August 23, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Two states have made worker contributions to health savings accounts free from state tax while another 10 are moving to do the same...