Benefits

July 14, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - HMO rates are averaging a 12.9% increase for 2006 compared to 13.6% at the same time last year and 17.5% in 2003, according...

July 14, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Studies on call centers in the financial services sector find that the annual turnover rate is as high as 39% and results in...

July 14, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employees have filed suit against Coca-Cola Co., claiming their employee retirement fund is mismanaged because it's too heavily invested in company stock, Bloomberg...

July 13, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Lower-income workers stand to benefit the most from auto enrollment in 401(k) plan as they hit retirement with a higher account balance, according...

July 13, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Yahoo HotJobs plans to find more job listings for its users by copying the listings off the Web sites of employers, the San...

July 13, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced that the Wells School District in Minneapolis has agreed to pay $98,000 to 12 teachers to...

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 12, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Officials from eight local Wisconsin governments including the city of Green Bay plan to ask a judge's permission to intervene in a lawsuit...

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

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

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...