Benefits

June 20, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Sixty nine percent of companies in a new survey said the cost of their benefits package stayed about the same in 2005 over...

June 17, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Aircraft maker Boeing and the Canadian investment firm that purchased its facilities in Wichita and Oklahoma have been accused of age discrimination as...

June 17, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Kent, Washington maker of beef jerky has agreed to a $362,000 settlement of a religious discrimination lawsuit based on charges it refused...

June 17, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The GOP candidate for governor of Oregon has proposed moving new public employees to a K plan style retirement program.

June 17, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A scant 214 of the 11,000 Web sites designed to appear as though they were Canadian pharmacy sites actually sold prescription drugs and...

June 17, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Business process outsourcer Convergys Corporation and Deloitte Consulting Outsourcing LLC have struck a deal under which Convergys will acquire Deloitte's Finance and Accounting...

June 16, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A third of small Oklahoma companies offer no workplace health coverage, according to a new survey.

June 16, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Pennsylvania employers will be shielded from civil lawsuits over their disclosure of an employee's job performance to a prospective employer under a bill...

June 15, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A survey by a Chicago marketing services firm has found a significant disconnect between a company's marketing staff and those in Human Resources.

June 15, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the federal agency charged with enforcing workplace discrimination laws, has settled a suit against Blockbuster Inc. for...

June 15, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Most Canadian employers are not ready to address problems with work-related injuries or personal illness, despite increasing employee absenteeism and the costs associated...

June 14, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of companies planning mid-to-upper level manager hires during the second half of 2005 is off 8.9% from predictions made for the...

June 14, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new Deloitte Consulting survey found a significant level of discontent among sales firms with their sales compensation program even though nearly all...

June 14, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Some 45 million uninsured American adults don't have health insurance, and at least 16 million were underinsured in 2003, according to a new...

June 14, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employees are strongly influenced by fear and insecurity when they make decisions about their health care options, according to new research.

June 14, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - EAP Consultants, Inc., a Marietta, Georgia-based employee assistance firm, is now offering a group of online, interactive self-help programs for a range of...

June 14, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An increasing number of companies with K plans are using automatic enrollment and/or automatic rebalancing, according to a new Hewitt Associates survey.

June 13, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in New Orleans has upheld an October 2004 verdict against E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co for illegally firing a...

June 13, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Larger insurance agencies are now more likely than not to employ a risk management director, a claim specialist, and a loss control specialist,...

June 13, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Defined contribution plan sponsors believe fewer investments options and more financial advice would best serve participants, a new survey found.