Benefits

July 12, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New research from Salary.com and America Online (AOL) estimates that employers pay $759 billion in salary for wasted hours by employees.

July 11, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Lost productivity due to smoking cost the nation about $92 billion between 1997 and 2001 - up sharply from $10 billion smoking price...

July 11, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Just under three quarters of companies in a new survey either already use pre-employment testing or plan to within the year.

July 11, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The latest battle over a cash balance conversion has popped up in a Los Angeles court as two Southern California Gas Co. workers...

July 11, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - UnumProvident has issued a report addressing the health and productivity issues employers will face as the estimated 78 million baby boomers reach the...

July 11, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Canadian Commercial Workers Industry Pension Plan has been accused of investing $280 million in improper investments, many tied to Ronald Kelly, a...

July 8, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has filed suit against Taco Bell Corp. on behalf of a teenage boy who claims a female...

July 8, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The law firm of Keller Rohrback L.L.P. announced today that it is investigating Citigroup, Inc. for violations of the Employee Retirement Income Security...

July 8, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than one fourth (27%) of women surveyed and 67% of those who were uninsured either went without or delayed the health care...

July 6, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Canadian employers are embracing flexible benefit programs in increasing numbers, new Hewitt Associates research has shown.

July 6, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Thirty nine percent of Americans report not making any monthly contributions toward retirement savings, while another 9% are "unsure" they are making any,...

July 6, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Twenty seven million employees (27.5%) reported working on a flexible schedule in 2004, down from 29 million (28.6%) in 2001, according to the...

July 5, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mercer Human Resource Consulting on Tuesday unveiled a new retirement savings program in which an employee purchases "Retirement Shares" with an employer's yearly...

July 4, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Two former employees of The Coca-Cola Co. have filed a lawsuit which claims that administrators of the company's 401(k) plan "breached their fiduciary...

July 5, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - CVS Corp. has agreed to a $3 million settlement in a case involving its 401(k) and Employee Stock Ownership plans, according to a...

July 5, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A year after the passage of a new family leave law in California, the take-up rate was less than supporters had hoped -...

July 5, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Five educators have filed age discrimination complaints with the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission and the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), claiming that...

July 1, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appeals court will decide whether a suit by victims of a July 2003 shooting rampage at a Meridian, Mississippi Lockheed Martin...

July 1, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - According to a new survey of 257 retiree plan sponsors with at least 500 employees conducted this month by Mercer Human Resource Consulting,...

July 1, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Most US workers are at least somewhat satisfied with their pay and benefits, but many employers still fall down in another important area...