Benefits

October 25, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participation rates in 401(k) plans have dropped 10 percentage points in the last three years to 70% while deferral rates are down from...

October 25, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Delegates to the IUE-CWA/GE Conference Board have unanimously authorized a national strike if General Electric goes ahead with plans to increase health care...

October 24, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Most workers (89%) say corporate trust is a major component in their career decision, and nearly two-thirds say their level of trust for...

October 24, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Having clear retirement goals leads to greater participant confidence, a recent American Express Retirement Services survey shows .

October 23, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stagnant or decreasing recruiting budgets have recruiters looking for the best way to source candidates, according to the Society of Human Resources Management...

October 23, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Given a choice between time off from work or money in their pocket, an increasing number of Canadian workers are opting for the...

October 23, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - General Motors Corp. published the extent of the earlier-announced hike in its matching contribution to the General Motors Savings-Stock Purchase Program, the company's...

October 22, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More Canadian companies than ever offer flexible benefits programs and a majority of those are glad they did, according to a new survey.

October 17, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While unscheduled absences are running at the same pace as recent years, only a third of unscheduled days off are because of illness,...

October 17, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly seven of 10 workers in a new poll said they were satisfied with their employer's savings plans while six in 10 felt...

October 17, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Three-quarters of all civilian workers have some form of federal, state or local collective bargaining rights, according to a General Accounting Office report.

October 16, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The glass ceiling that had blocked many women from top positions at Canadian associations has apparently parted, but Canadian female chief executive officers...

October 16, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - Afraid of retribution, employees are reluctant to ask if their company's insurance plan covers treatment of problems with alcohol or drugs, a new...

October 16, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - DuPont & Co. employees will have a new health-care coverage option under a revised benefit plan, the company announced

October 15, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than half of account transactions by participants in plans serviced by American Express Retirement Services take place on the Internet, the service...

October 15, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The economy and much more thorough background investigations are leading to longer job search periods for executives, according to Challenger, Gray & Christmas.

October 15, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Small business employers are more often passing benefit premium increases off to their employees than their large business counterparts, according to a new...

October 15, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers are looking at another double-digit increase in health-care costs next year, and barring a significant shift, could see those costs double in...

October 15, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The march of major corporations turning to outside vendors for at least part of their HR/benefits function continued unabated.

October 10, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Sony Electronics is the latest large employer to embrace human resource outsourcing, having tapped Hewitt Associates to provide HR technology and operations services.