Benefits

April 26, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Companies have lofty goals for their intranet - such as achieving administrative efficiency - but most admit their efforts to implement technology haven't...

April 26, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fewer employers are footing the bill to relocate prized workers, which researchers in a new study say means that they're finding the talent...

April 26, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Retirement benefits are still the largest single sector of benefits spending by employers - but health benefits have been catching up fast, according...

April 25, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com)-Worker's benefits compensation can be scant or generous depending on where employers are located a study by the Worker's Compensation Policy Review.

April 25, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com)- Six workers at the Washington state Department of Labor (DoL) have been fired for what is believed to be excessive use of their work...

April 25, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The biggest contributor to last year's whopping 13.7% increase in health care costs in the US, was prescription drugs, a study by PricewaterhouseCoopers...

April 25, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Bank of America shareholders largely supported management's recommendations yesterday - but they approved a proposal to impose restrictions on executive severance packages.

April 24, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The popularity of flexible work schedules exploded in the last decade as the percentage of flextime workers doubled to nearly 30% in 2001,...

April 23, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In the battle to cope with an increased workload brought on by increased staff cuts, American workers are spending more and more time...

April 23, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The current crop of college students and recent graduates seems to be the most pessimistic in recent memory.

April 23, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While recruiters still ask candidates to list their strengths and weaknesses - they don't appear to be giving much credence to the answers,...

April 23, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With the unemployment rate at 5.7% and an economic recovery still struggling to take hold, this year's estimated three million new graduates will...

April 23, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Recruiters offered fewer relocation packages over the first three months of 2002, continuing a decline that began last year, the latest Job Market...

April 22, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A former senior executive at Advanced Micro Devices has sued his former employer, alleging he was forced out after the September 11 attacks...

April 22, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A county audit revealed the final cost of pension and wage payments for Milwaukee County employees to be more than five times higher...

April 19, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) unveiled a new Web page containing information on Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) programs for federal government agencies.

April 19, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Although fewer and fewer companies are offering traditional pension plans in their benefits packages, they're still filling their benefits bags with a host...

April 18, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com)-The Department Of Labor's recent decision to formally sanction electronic transfers of plan information, including Summary Plan Descriptions (SPDs), has been applauded by industry insiders.

April 18, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The first industry-specific guidelines to reduce ergonomic-related injuries and illnesses will be developed for nursing homes, the US Department of Labor (DoL) announced.

April 17, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Corporate executives believe that their companies need to be faster and more agile in order to succeed, and that the HR department plays...