Benefits

December 17, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Worker under the age of 30 are 38% less likely to have calculated the amount of savings necessary for a comfortable retirement than...

December 16, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Wage increases for workers in most countries should manage to stay ahead of inflation next year, according to new research.

December 16, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Department of Labor (DoL) has announced the incorporation of 68 additional federal benefit programs to their government benefit information Web site...

December 16, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The latest survey of a national compensation professionals' group found good news and bad news.

December 16, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Contractors doing business with the city of Minneapolis of more than $100,000 will have to give domestic partner benefits to their workers within...

December 16, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employer costs of employee compensation reached $23.44 per hour worked in September 2002, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).

December 16, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Association of Flight Attendants (AFA) won't get another shot at organizing Delta Air Lines flight attendants even though the union complained the...

December 13, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New Jersey companies aggressively shifted the burden of health care costs to their employees in 2002, keeping the cost increase below the national...

December 13, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employer-sponsored medical insurance plans have seen premium increases of up to 50% in the second half of 2002, according to a survey by...

December 13, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A no-show employee can cost an employer a bundle of money regardless of whether those calling in sick are actually ill.

December 13, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Benefits managers evaluating service delivery of their employee health-care plans will soon be armed with a bit more ammunition.

December 13, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fifty-two percent of all adults report their medical out-of-pocket expenses are higher this year, and many place the blame on prescription drug prices...

December 13, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Women are 63% more likely die in traffic accidents on a Friday the 13th than other Fridays during a month, according to new...

December 12, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fifty-nine percent of employees are purchasing voluntary benefits at work and 61% are interested in having their employer provide a wider array of...

December 12, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Dow Jones & Company has agreed to amend one of its insurance policies to allow for coverage of prescription contraceptives, according to Washington-based...

December 10, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than a third of workers have made a change to their retirement asset allocation in the past quarter - and nearly half...

December 10, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Early indications are that employers are increasingly interested in consumer-driven health-care alternatives - and not just because it saves them money, according to...

December 10, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Ninety-three percent of Chief Financial Officers (CFO) report a large correlation between the quality of their companies' health benefits and the strength of...

December 10, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - When executives at US multinational companies gaze into their crystal balls, many don't see a lot to sing for joy about, a new...

December 9, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In what has become something of a holiday "tradition," two major personal computer makers are sending workers home without pay for the December...