Benefits

August 24, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Most people do not believe problems with managed care plans have improved in the past three or four years.

August 23, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In the first case of its kind in the country, a Seattle man has pleaded guilty in federal court to violating the confidentiality...

August 23, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The state of Vermont announced on Thursday that it was suing the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) over its imported prescription drug policy.

August 23, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The most common mistake made by senior executives in their first 100 days is the failure to establish strategic priorities, according to a...

August 23, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A state of Washington federal judge has upheld a 1996 law defining marriage as taking place between a man and a woman.

August 23, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Rx Depot, an Oklahoma-based company forced to close last year for helping to import Canadian prescription drugs, gave up its bid yesterday to...

August 20, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite the increased coverage devoted to same-sex benefit policies, human resource departments have not had a flood of questions coming from their workforce.

August 20, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is calling for a new program in California to offer drug discounts to the uninsured as an alternative to importing...

August 19, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Each of America's 50 largest financial institutions uses one or more nonqualified plans to help retain and attract key employees.

August 19, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Consumer-directed health care (CDHC) - high-deductible plans which have recently generated much enthusiasm in Washington and elsewhere - may not actually lower costs,...

August 19, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly nine out of 10 (88%) companies said creating employee ownership through an ESOP (employee stockownership plan) was "a good decision that has...

August 18, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With hiring on the rebound after a number of lackluster years, a new survey by Development Dimensions International (DDI) sheds lights on common...

August 18, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Aon Human Resource Outsourcing, a division of Aon Consulting Inc., and Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) announced today that they are joining forces in...

August 17, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, sidestepping federal regulator's objections, has followed through on previous assertions that he would allow the importation of prescription drugs...

August 16, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The American Bar Association's (ABA) director of the Commission on Women in the Profession has thrown allegations of racial discrimination at the legal...

August 16, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Businesses looking to be Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) compliant are split between keeping those functions in-house and outsourcing the labor.

August 13, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than seven out of 10 Americans with private health insurance have a favorable opinion of Health Savings Accounts (HSAs).

August 13, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - United Parcel Service (UPS) has been charged with violating the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) for allegedly terminating hundreds of employees because the...

August 12, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Faced with heavy burdens due to rising health-care costs, plan sponsors are considering a number of cost containment and management strategies: utilization management,...

August 12, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The average health-care premium increase in 2004 is 10.5%, the fifth year of double-digit hikes.