Benefits

September 19, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Like most business people these days, workers at British phone company Phones 4u have often been buried under e-mails with a scant connection...

September 18, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - General Electric Co. (GE) has announced changes to the equity part of CEO Jeff Immelt's compensation, tying it to the company's ability to...

September 18, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Disgruntled workers now constitute the majority of the workforce, as less than half of all Americans say they are satisfied with their jobs.

September 18, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Escalating health-care costs and financial woes have led Levi Strauss & Co. to hem retiree health benefits and cut off future retirement health...

September 17, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - If it hasn't already, most human resource professionals expect hiring in their company to pick up within the next year.

September 17, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - At 10.6%, even federal employees are not immune to double-digit health-care cost increases next year.

September 17, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Canadian employers see performance measurement and market benchmarking as the most important compensation issues in 2004.

September 16, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Profit sharing and 401(k) plans remain popular investment choices for the majority of eligible employees, even if deferral rates have slipped in recent...

September 16, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - 401(k) participants investing through Schwab's Personal Choice Retirement Account (PCRA) ran with the bulls during the second quarter, taking stronger mutual fund and...

September 16, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - One in five US employers expects to beef up their fourth-quarter hiring, according to the latest Manpower Employment Outlook Survey.

September 16, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Companies that wielded the job-cutting axe during the recession increasingly targeted recently hired managers and executives, a new study found.

September 15, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Given the recent - and sustained - trends in health-care costs and coverage, plan sponsors may not be surprised to find that consumers...

September 15, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California legislature has given its approval to Senate Bill 2 to provide greater health insurance coverage to workers in the Golden State.

September 15, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich has directed the Illinois Special Advocate to draft a plan for buying prescription medications from Canada for as many...

September 15, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Cost pressures are motivating high-performing companies to seek the best path at cost management or reduction while continuing to recognize and reward their...

September 15, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - After three years of down markets and subsequently down salaries, investment bankers could be up for a 10% to 20% pay increase by...

September 12, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A labor coalition has taken to federal court its fight against a cutoff of health and prescription drug benefits to more than 900...

September 11, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Southern California Minority Business Development Council (SCMBDC) has uncorked a health insurance program offering for certified minority businesses.

September 11, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The majority of Chief Executive Officers (CEO) see their company's health-care benefit as either above or in line with industry standards.

September 10, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The terrorists attacks of September 11, 2001 had a lasting effect on US companies, most notably in changes made to company emergency plans.