Benefits

April 25, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - There was a 16% rise in the number of background checks performed in 2004, the seventh year in a row that there has...

April 25, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a compelling demonstration of the depth of Americans' worries about health care costs, a new survey finds Americans fretting more about those...

April 25, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Compliance with the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) cost employers $21 billion in 2004, according to a study from the Employment Policy...

April 22, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A survey of law firm retirement plans shows that, like in a large number of other industries, defined benefit plans have become less...

April 22, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A New York federal judge has turned away a bid by the federal anti-workplace discrimination agency to charge a large Burger King franchise...

April 22, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Profit Sharing / 401k Council of America (PSCA) has come out in support of recently proposed legislation that encourages retirement plans with...

April 22, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Video rental giant Blockbuster has been hit with a lawsuit in Dallas charging it with intentionally refusing to pay overtime to a large...

April 21, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The man accused of fraudulently cashing his dead mother's pension checks has been sentenced to a prison term, which he is expected to...

April 21, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A woman fired by Costco for refusing to remove an eyebrow ring has accused the company of discriminating on religious grounds and is...

April 21, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new bill that would give the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) a real estate investment option seems to be garnering support from federal...

April 21, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Connecticut employers may need to change their HR recordkeeping systems to reflect the potential changes in the handling employee benefits under the state's...

April 20, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Four organizations have come out in support of the SIMPLE Cafeteria Plan Act of 2005, which would allow small businesses easier access to...

April 20, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR) - Real average weekly earnings fell 0.3% from February to March, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

April 20, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - One thing distinguished the 20 firms that made it to the Top 20 Companies for Leaders competition: a more organized and rigorous succession...

April 20, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Health Savings Accounts (HSA) will likely only cover those who already have coverage and will cover hardly any of the nation's uninsured, a...

April 20, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Seventy-one percent of administrative professionals believe that their job function has become more critical over the past few years.

April 20, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - American women apparently have a crisis of confidence when It comes to their preparations for living a comfortable retirement.

April 20, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The latest examination of the cost savings from human resource outsourcing asserted that there is a high satisfaction rate with both quality and...

April 20, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Women managers evaluating a potential new employer or who are deciding whether to remain with their current company are most interested in whether...

April 20, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A former America Online (AOL) human resources executive has been sentenced to nearly four years in prison for fraud.