Benefits

May 9, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Spokane City Council has approved extending benefits to unmarried partners of city employees - if their labor unions want to negotiate for...

May 9, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -The California Labor Federation is asking the state Supreme Court to toss a formula that critics say sharply cuts permanent disability awards by 50%...

May 6, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Alaska state House of Representatives turned their thumbs down to a key measure overhauling the state's pension plans as part of a...

May 6, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal employees participating in a recent survey appeared extremely satisfied with their pensions, retirement savings program, and health coverage - saying that all...

May 6, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - America's farmers are particularly at risk for hitting their retirement years without enough money and being forced into a declining standard of living,...

May 6, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Overall 2005 median total compensation for US money managers has jumped 17% since 2003 with a modest 3% base salary hike along with...

May 5, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Even though low-income workers could expect higher annual Social Security benefits under a system of individual accounts, individual account benefit levels would vary...

May 5, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An insurance industry trade group announced that the number of Americans getting health coverage through high deductible plans offered along with health savings...

May 5, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The growth in hourly compensation slowed a bit during the first quarter of 2005 over the previous quarter, the government announced.

May 5, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The frequency of general and professional liability claims against US long-term care providers more than doubled and the severity more than tripled in...

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May 3, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Executive recruiters say lack of preparation is the most common succession planning mistake that organizations make, according to a new survey.

May 3, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than four in 10 global executives recently polled have no plans to turn in their keys to the C-suite when they hit...

May 3, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Benefits accruals in the $2.5 billion defined benefit plan for Sears Roebuck & Co. will be cut off as of January 1, 2006...

May 2, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A former employee of Carlos Santana has sued the Grammy-winning star for wrongful termination, claiming that he was fired for not being sufficiently...

May 2, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A private financial watchdog for New York city's and New York state's governments has recommended that both freeze their current defined benefit pensions...

May 2, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Executives at public integrated academic health care organizations (IAHCOs) are not paid as well as their peers at private IAHCOs, according to Clark...

May 2, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With dramatic gains in technology and a pending wave of large-scare boomer retirements, differences in the workplace landscape are becoming increasingly apparent, one...

May 2, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com)-Stay-at home mothers are sometimes considered the CEOs of the household, which might be a fitting description considering that, when taking into account the seven...

May 2, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Gallup Organization is out with the results of its most recent personal finance poll and, not surprisingly, being able to enjoy a...