Benefits

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 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 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...

July 1, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A recent Accountemps study reports that 33% of executives say their employees are least productive between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m.

June 30, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Visteon Corp., maker and supplier of auto parts, has announced a new policy which will require most salaried employees to pay for their...

June 29, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Results of a new survey by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and The Wall Street Journal's executive career site, CareerJournal.com, show...

June 29, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A study from the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) showed 60% of workers ranked health insurance as the most important employee benefit, while...

June 28, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - America Online (AOL), partnering with Opinion Research Corporation, conducted a survey that showed 61% of e-mail users who are employed outside the home...

June 28, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Benefits managers who want to see how their offerings stack up against their peers may be interested in seeing MetLife's new annual Benefit...

June 27, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Four South Carolina state employees have gone into court to challenge changes made this year to the state retirement system, which they charge...

June 27, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Texas Governor Rick Perry has approved a bill that allows its state Board of Pharmacy to inspect and license Canadian pharmacies, which can...

June 24, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A survey by Kibble & Prentice of nearly 250 Washington state employers shows the rate of increase in health plan costs has decreased...

June 23, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A recent survey of HR executives conducted by AON Consulting showed that 43% of those surveyed have adopted a formalized disease management or...

June 22, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Young workers are much more likely to have employment-based health insurance than to participate in a 401(k)-type plan, according to data released Wednesday.

June 22, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR) - Recent surveys and studies show US workers may face a more secure retirement than workers from other countries, reports the Wall Street Journal.

June 22, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Some 62% of companies in a recent survey said they had implemented employee wellness programs, while 33 % said they were considering such...