Benefits

April 1, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Retired NBA players are hoping that Commissioner David Stern and union Executive Director Billy Hunter up their monthly pensions out of good-will.

April 1, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Legislation has been introduced this week in the Minnesota Legislature that would create a universal health care system for the state.

April 1, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The decline in HMO membership in Oregon and Washington is slowing, while PPO growth is not as dramatic as in the past, according...

March 31, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than one-third (36%) of employees in a new survey reported that a coworkers had been distracted, less productive, or missed work because...

March 31, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Health care organizations are continuing to struggle to attract and retain critical-skill workers, according to a survey by Watson Wyatt.

March 31, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US companies are hitting hard on worker education about being a prudent health-care consumer - including that delivered via the Web - as...

March 31, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Some 22,000 General Motors Corp. employees, retirees and other dependents were left without health care and life insurance, pension coverage or other benefits...

March 31, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hewitt Associates and Report on Business Magazine have issued a call for participants in the seventh annual Best Employers in Canada survey.

March 30, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal jury has ruled that New Orleans's first black district attorney was wrong in firing 53 white workers upon his arrival and...

March 30, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - North Carolina's cohabitation law has been challenged by an ex-sheriff's dispatcher who quit her position after her boss discovered that she was living...

March 30, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Public-sector employees have almost double the average tenure at their jobs than their private counterparts, which could have implications as older workers start...

March 30, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Benefitdecisions Outsourcing Inc., a subsidiary of Chicago-based Benefitdecisions Inc., has completed the acquisition of the US operations of HR outsourcing firm Black Mountain...

March 30, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Canadian companies are more cautious than their American counterparts in their granting of stock options, according to a Watson Wyatt survey.

March 30, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A beleaguered Northwest Airlines, continuing to struggle for financial stability, has announced a new round of cost-saving measures including freezing its defined benefit...

March 30, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The West Virginia House of Representatives Finance Committee has approved a measure closing the state's defined contribution program for teachers and reopening the...

March 30, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Lots of people are apparently taking a siesta from work to look for a new job

March 29, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A former Hispanic language sports commentator is suing ESPN for allegedly firing her because she was pregnant.

March 29, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Medical care cost increases are expected to be between 8.7% and 14.9% in 2005, according to the semi-annual Mellon "National Health Care Trend...

March 29, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has allowed aluminum maker Ormet Corp. to raise retiree health insurance costs, clearing the path for an exit from bankruptcy.

March 28, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Regardless of how many fund options are in a plan, participants are likely to only choose a few - often three or four,...