Benefits

February 8, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Companies are more likely to pay fees for qualified domestic relations orders (QDRO) rather than dip into retirement plan assets for that expense,...

February 8, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Companies are more likely to pay fees for qualified domestic relations orders (QDRO) rather than dip into retirement plan assets for that expense,...

February 8, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of companies sending employees to work in different countries is on the rise, although the average length of stay is shortening,...

February 7, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A lawsuit seeking class-action status filed in federal court is alleging that Citigroup's cash-balance pension plan violates minimum accrual rules.

February 7, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A lawsuit seeking class-action status filed in federal court is alleging that Citigroup's cash-balance pension plan violates minimum accrual rules.

February 7, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - January chief executive turnover surged to its highest level since 2001, as 92 CEOs announced their departures.

February 7, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - January chief executive turnover surged to its highest level since 2001, as 92 CEOs announced their departures.

February 4, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Thirty large employers have grouped together to form Rx Collaborative, a drug purchasing coalition that will likely net the companies involved cheaper prescription...

February 4, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hewitt Associates has landed a five-year contract with The Thomson Corporation to provide HR business process outsourcing (BPO) services.

February 3, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Almost 40% of HR professionals have increased the amount of time spent reference checking for potential employees over the past three years.

February 3, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Thirty-one percent of employers now offer domestic partner benefits, up considerably from the 19% who did so in 2001.

February 3, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - California employers may be stepping up their cost-shifting to workers to help the companies rein in health coverage costs, but that doesn't mean...

February 3, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Unless there has been a drastic change in public sentiment in the last half-dozen years, President Bush could find sizable public support for...

February 3, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - By an eight point margin, Americans were skeptical that Social Security benefits would remain untouched by Washington bureaucrats, according to a 2001 survey.

February 2, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - British communications firm BT and global outsourcing company Accenture have signed a 10-year contract for business process outsourcing.

February 2, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new study has concluded that half of US bankruptcies are caused by medical bills and that a majority of those who fall...

February 2, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appeals court has given Wal-Mart a second chance to argue to a federal judge why it shouldn't have to pay as...

February 2, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A group of large institutional investors and others has come out against California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's plan to reform the state's pension plan,...

February 2, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appeals court has given Wal-Mart a second chance to argue to a federal judge why it shouldn't have to pay as...

February 1, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski has unveiled two health insurance plans to help the state's small businesses provide insurance to employees and their families.