Benefits

February 26, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Eighty-five percent of Californians have never heard of a consumer driven health plan (CDHP), yet many like the plans when they're described.

February 26, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A New Hampshire employee union has raised concerns that Gov. Craig Benson wants to improperly tap a retirement fund account for $32 million...

February 26, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In another sign of severe cost pressures plaguing US automakers, Ford Motor Co., is jacking up costs for medical care and prescription drugs...

February 25, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - It may be a tad harder for information technology (IT) workers to land a new job during the April to June 2003 time...

February 25, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Business schools are reporting fewer corporate recruiters on their campuses as businesses pull away from the MBA market.

February 25, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The administrative costs of a health plan are rising at a slower pace than health care premiums, accounting for only 7.8% of total...

February 24, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - That sense that your job is a real pain in the backside could be more than just your imagination, according to new research.

February 24, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A civil servant in the United Kingdom has sued for sexual discrimination after being forced to wear a tie to work.

February 24, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers continue to ante up more money to pay for employee absence and disability programs, according to a new survey.

February 24, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Public-sector workers are getting more each month from their pension, largely because of annual cost-of-living-increases that are rare in private industry.

February 21, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Top-level compensation will no longer take into consideration income generated by the pension plan at General Electric Comapny.

February 21, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - British employers who penalize workers for their time in the water closet are being flushed out.

February 21, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) is being challenged by a large union about proposed health insurance premium increases next year.

February 21, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - FedEx Corp is giving employees the option of participating in a cash balance pension plan.

February 21, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Verizon Communications' senior executives will no longer have pension income influencing their incentive compensation.

February 21, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Some financial services company executives are taking big hits to the pocketbook through compensation cuts growing out of their firms' poor performance.

February 20, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - There's nothing like a potential problem with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to stir things up in the workplace, but North Carolina state...

February 20, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nonprofit workers are more likely to have access to a retirement savings program than those in the private sector and, in some cases,...

February 20, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly four out of 10 working Americans regularly surf the Web from the office, according to a new study.

February 20, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hospital spending continued to rise from 1997 to 2001 behind an increase in patient volume and the rising costs of goods and services.