Benefits

May 19, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Washington, DC-based research group has estimated that employers will have to come up with another $114 billion for their retiree health-care benefits...

May 19, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new survey by an employers' group found that managers believe it is just as important to make workers prudent health care consumers...

May 18, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Of the all the issues on the plates of HR managers these days, one of the more unusual may turn out to be...

May 18, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - If you're one of those planning on a "Sith Day" to catch - or recover from catching - the new Star Wars movie...

May 18, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Kroger supermarket chain was hit with a lawsuit this week from the anti-workplace discrimination agency, alleging that the company would not hire...

May 18, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than half of employers surveyed offer domestic partner benefits to their employees, according to Hewitt Associates.

May 18, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Even though many companies have been reluctant to allow open religious expression in the workplace, corporate giants such as AOL, Intel Corp., American...

May 18, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An African American executive at General Electric has filed a federal lawsuit against the company alleging that it discriminates against African American managers...

May 18, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Wages for high-technology professionals decreased 0.8% in the first three months of 2005 over a year earlier, according to the latest Yoh Index...

May 18, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US House of Representatives federal workforce subcommittee has okayed a bill that would permit federal workers to keep paying health insurance premiums...

May 17, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com)-For more than half of executives (54%), gaining measurable HR cost savings is the most appealing potential benefit of Human Resources Business Process Outsourcing (HR...

May 17, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR)-More than half (53%) of Americans say they plan to spend anywhere from 16 to 30 years in retirement.

May 17, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - State governments around the country continue grappling with often-severe employee pension and benefit woes, including recent actions in states such as West Virginia,...

May 17, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com)-Wal-Mart, Pennsylvania's largest private employer, might not feel so welcome with the introduction of legislation aimed at defraying state health-care costs.

May 16, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A group of current and retired United Airlines flight attendants has come up with a unique means of highlighting the plight of their...

May 16, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A New Jersey Superior Court judge has ruled that a lesbian couple can pursue a loss of consortium claim against one partner's employer...

May 16, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Increases in amphetamine use among employees appeared to be slowing in 2004 compared to the double-digit hikes seen the previous three years, according...

May 13, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Georgia teachers and other state employees who smoke will have to dig deeper into their pockets starting July 1 to pay for their...

May 13, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Whether a defined benefit or defined contribution program, workers like their employer's retirement plan to the point where having the plan may make...

May 12, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Workers may not exactly be in love with their employers, but the results of a new survey show many employees are significantly more...