Benefits

October 29, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Looking to cut costs from the city's budget, Boston Mayor Thomas Menino is looking into buying Canadian prescription drugs for city workers.

October 29, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New York-area employers are offering older workers plums such as flexible work schedules (58%) and part-time hours (47%) in order to get them...

October 29, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than 20% of plan sponsors have either frozen pension plan benefits or are "actively considering" a plan freeze.

October 29, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released a fact sheet today discussing how the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) applies to diabetes...

October 29, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Administrative workers should expect a much larger paycheck next year, according to a new survey.

October 28, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - IT paychecks for 2003 continue to be impacted by economic pressures with base pay figures showing a slight increase over 2002 for 63%...

October 28, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The level of participation in retirement plans dropped to 41.8% of all workers in 2002, after reaching a peak of 44.4% just two...

October 28, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Aggregating data from eight different compensation surveys, Mercer Human Resource Consulting has launched a new source of pay data for human resource professionals.

October 28, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Containing costs and staffing shortages once again dominate the strategic challenges integrated health-care organizations say they will face in the next three to...

October 27, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Two of the nation's largest Blue Cross Blue Shield health insurers have agreed to a $16.4-billion merger.

October 27, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - UnitedHealth Group and Mid Atlantic Medical Services have agreed to a merger deal.

October 27, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Another business group has come out in opposition to California's new health-care law and has announced a campaign to collect signatures in an...

October 27, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With the US job market continuing to struggle to find its footing, it now appears that the economy may get a significant boost...

October 27, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Benefits management technology provider RewardsPlus has entered into a distribution and technology relationship with eye care coverage provider VSP.

October 27, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - There appears to be an emerging generation gap in retirement savings, and it doesn't bode well for younger workers, according to a new...

October 27, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Satisfied that state employees would not be put at risk, Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich is asking federal authorities for permission for its state...

October 24, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has joined the rising chorus of public figures to back the purchase of prescription drugs from Canada.

October 24, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - If stock option expensing becomes mandatory, two-thirds of companies will reduce their long-term incentive (LTI) grants to salaried individual contributors and hourly workers.

October 24, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of women ages 40 to 44 who report being childfree has increased to 18% in 2002, compared with 10% in 1976.

October 24, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - It's not cool anymore to catch a few "Z's" at the office.