Benefits

April 18, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Human resources outsourcing is continuing to grow, with 94% of respondents to a recent poll claiming that they outsourced at least one HR...

April 18, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Ninety-six percent of employers who choose to offer consumer-driven health plans (CDHP) to employees do so at least in part in order to...

April 18, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Pharmacy inflation in workers' compensation was at only 6% in 2004, down from 13% in 2003.

April 15, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - After five years of a sub-par post-college job market, college graduates will finally see a favorable hiring environment when they leave the confines...

April 13, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A bill introduced in the Colorado Legislature would allow the state to publish a list of employers that provide little or no health...

April 13, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - 2005 will be a strong year for headcount growth and overall full-time hiring, according to a Piper Jaffray & Co. report.

April 13, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) has filed a complaint against Wal-Mart Stores Inc., and is asking the National Labor Relations Board...

April 13, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Montana state Senate committee has killed a pair of pension reform proposals that would have jacked up contributions from public employers across...

April 13, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Key information like costs, quality of care and communications tools like personalized benefits statements can make a real difference in how much workers...

April 12, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - According to a report from the Congressional Research Service (CRS), almost 40% of Social Security beneficiaries are affected by benefit taxation.

April 12, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Sixty-five percent of executives polled in a new survey indicate that their top priority over the next two years will be to identify...

April 12, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Almost 50% of human resource professionals say that monetary rewards programs are "very effective" at motivating top-performing employees, according to a survey from...

April 11, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Many recent efforts to change CEO compensation programs have been focused on linking pay to performance and these efforts seem to be paying...

April 7, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a reversal of earlier policy, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has backed off his plan to privatize California's public employee pension system.

April 7,2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite a reputation for being tanned and healthy, Californians are costing their employers $21.7 billion a year in medical bills and lost productivity due...

April 7, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Only 2% of respondents to a basic investment knowledge test had perfect scores, indicating that American's understanding of investment and financial concepts is...

April 7, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A health-care coverage bill proposal currently before the Maryland General Assembly could cause retailing giant Wal-Mart to rethink its growth plans for the...

April 7, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Bridgestone/Firestone North American Tire has agreed to advance an Army National Guardsman within its pay schedule and give him back pay as part...

April 7, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Costs for the compensation and benefits of state and local government workers was a whopping 46% higher than their private-sector counterparts in 2004,...

April 7, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - UBS has been ordered to pay a former worker almost $30 million for damages related to sexual discrimination and illegal retaliation.