Benefits

September 20, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Members or the US armed forces most frequently suffer from mental ailments such as depression and substance abuse, presenting one of the nation's...

September 17, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The amount of severance pay US executives receive continues to drop and may never return to its once generous levels, a new study...

September 17, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A company-sponsored retirement plan continues to rank high on workers' list of desirable benefits, a new international survey found.

September 16, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employer cuts of retiree health-care benefits are expected to continue for at least another 30 years when companies likely will only pick up...

September 16, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Even though the general corporate commitment to diversity training has remained strong, the high points of that internal education has shifted, a survey...

September 16, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - There didn't appear to be much appetite for Boeing's "best and final" three-year contract offer - nor was there sufficient interest to go...

September 12, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A group of Goodyear Tire & Rubber workers have sued their employer, claiming the firm's employee evaluation system discriminates against older workers.

September 12, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Starting next year, Northwest Airline workers will have to dig deeper in their pockets to pay a larger share of soaring healthcare costs.

September 10, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Lower-paid workers have apparently now become the downsizing target of choice in corporate America, an outplacement firm says.

September 10, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly four of 10 respondents to a new Mercer survey say their companies will likely increase the development of internal job candidates.

September 9, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US technology companies apparently aren't making good use of their existing leadership-development programs, a survey found.

September 9, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Negotiators for the International Association of Machinists wrapped up talks with federal mediators Friday night, preparing its membership for a new vote on...

September 9, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Younger Baby Boomers have been real job hoppers - bounding almost 10 times from job to job between age 18 and 36, a...

September 9, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -Health-care insurance costs skyrocketed by 12.7% this year - the highest since 1990 - with more costs shifting to workers, and some smaller firms...

September 6, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Kaiser Aluminum is trying to dig its way out of bankruptcy- and has gotten court approval to sweeten an executive retention pool, even...

September 6, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The paychecks of obese workers are, on average, about 2.5% less than the paychecks of their thinner coworkers, according to a new study.

September 6, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - American Airlines has settled a suit brought by a Muslim woman denied a job because she wanted to wear a religious headscarf at...

September 6, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Most workers are safer in the office than they were before September 11, but security procedures are still inconsistently enforced at some smaller...

September 5, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Jurists dividing up community property in a divorce case could use a spouse's likely retirement date as the benchmark for the current value...

September 5, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Boeing Co.'s mechanics union will keep talking with a team of federal mediators in an attempt to avoid a strike until it "tells...