Benefits

July 9, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Five former Polaroid employees have sued the company, claiming that Polaroid violated ERISA by severing their long-term disability benefits last year.

July 9, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US life sciences companies have continued to compensate senior managers for delivering on their promises by linking compensation to theirs and the firm's...

July 8, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Corporate Web sites are no stranger to organizational mission statements and commercial history books, but employee compensation and benefit information represents the brave...

July 7, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While most executives appear to be singularly focused on their careers, a growing number are equally focused on their lives outside of work...

July 7, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than a quarter (27%) of American workers can now be categorized as "teleworkers," a status that appears to yield help in balancing...

July 7, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new study released by Northeastern University last week confirms what many have mumbled under their breath for years - anyone can be...

July 7, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The purchasing pool for prescription drugs set up by Vermont, Michigan and South Carolina is already experiencing Medicaid savings of 25% to 50%.

July 7, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Health care plans across the board continue to outpace inflation at monumental rates, as double-digit rate increases are no longer uncommon among all...

July 7, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In yet another example of an increasingly common trend, lesbian and gay employees of the Fulton County (Georgia) government can now get government...

July 7, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US management accountants enjoyed an average 5.3% salary increase in 2002 to $83,235, according to an industry group study.

July 3, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Salaried employees at CIGNA Corp will be receiving smaller paychecks in 2004 - but not a reduction in salary - due to a...

July 3, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A lawsuit that would block the Big Easy from offering benefits to unmarried domestic partners of city employees has been filed by a...

July 2, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Eight out of 10 employees have some level of preparedness for searching for a new job should they suddenly lose their current position.

July 2, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Exemptions from Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) requirements of providing continuing health coverage will no longer be granted to smaller businesses that...

July 2, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The British government has rolled out proposed legislation aimed at abolishing mandatory retirement ages and banning discrimination on the basis of age in...

July 2, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Threatened with the prospect of shutting its doors, the Lusty Lady Theater is now owned by its unionized stripper workforce.

July 2, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Wal-Mart Stores, long the target of workplace discrimination lawsuits and under pressure from gay rights groups, has brought gay and lesbian employees under...

July 2, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Of the 53.3 million workers covered by some form of retirement savings account, 39.5 million report having a lump-sum distribution option and approximately...

July 2, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly half of those responding to a recent poll by an employee benefits company (47%) said they got more stress from time management...

July 1, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than six out of 10 Americans say they know someone who has been laid off or fired recently, the highest percentage since...