Benefits

May 27, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Not so long ago, employers were concerned that economic conditions would drive them to rein in rapidly rising health insurance premiums by radically...

May 27, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly three out of 10 (28%) of workers said they will spend more days on vacation this year compared to 2003.

May 27, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Even though Canadian employees may have "Margaritaville" stuck in their head this summer, their companies do not want them dressing the part.

May 27, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Chief financial officers (CFO) continue to maintain a rosy hiring outlook for the year, predicting a 4% increase in the number of accounting...

May 26, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A group of retired officers of San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) has filed a lawsuit against SEMPRA Energy and its SDG&E subsidiary...

May 26, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Don't expect to see the state of Florida on board the train already filled with government officials backing reimportation of less expensive prescription...

May 26, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Job seekers most frequently fib about why they left their last job, a survey found.

May 26, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Director pay is increasingly catching up to their increased workload driven in large part by the plethora of recent regulatory reforms.

May 26, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Three out of 10 employed adults are not using all of their vacation time and 32% find it difficult to fully separate themselves...

May 25, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A female employee has sued Walt Disney World for allegedly firing her for not removing her hijab - a Muslim head scarf.

May 25, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Group life insurance clients of Prudential Financial will now have access to a suite of new employee assistance program (EAP) services.

May 25, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Predictions for third-quarter technology hiring among chief information officers (CIOs) have softened a bit from earlier in the year, a new survey found.

May 25, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Ill workers who stay out of the office between one and five days - so-called incidental absence - account for between a third...

May 24, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A strengthening domestic economy and more sightings of the bulls on Wall Street have bumped up average 401(k) plan balances by 35%, but...

May 24, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new survey of defined contribution plan participants portrays American workers as radically more pessimistic about their retirement chances or whether they will...

If parents had worked as hard to get their teenagers to do homework over the past decade as the 401(k) industry had worked to turn Americans into savvy...

May 21, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - One sizable plan sponsor is headed in the opposite direction from many employers these days when it comes to offering workplace pensions -...

May 21, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hewitt Associates has signed an agreement with TXU Corp to provide human resource business process services outsourcing (BPO) for the energy firm.

May 20, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A man with a shy bladder claims Caterpillar Inc. violated the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) when he was fired for failing to...

May 20, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - To better cope with what the company described as a weak technology market, Microsoft Corp. has slashed prescription drug benefits and workers discounts...