Benefits

January 28, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Technical workers may be more nervous in the workplace than they were before the September 11 attacks, but they're not nervous enough to...

January 28, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Human Resources professionals may now brush up on their job skills through a new online class from Cornell University.

January 28, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - It may offer small solace to thousands of laid-off workers across the country, but politicians can't seem to line up fast enough to...

January 25, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - BellSouth Telecommunications has agreed to pay $200,000 and enhanced retirement benefits to a former worker, who claimed she was fired because of her...

January 24, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Sponsors of public sector retirement plans, who are clients of Nationwide Retirement Solutions, will be able to offer participants an online education and...

January 23, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US economy may have been beset with massive layoffs in recent months, but the demand for skilled foreign workers remains strong, according...

January 23, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The terrorists who attacked the US on September 11 have left yet another reminder of that day's events - this time in the...

January 22, 2002 - New York City-area hiring managers - particularly those at mid-to-large sized companies - are optimistic about the prospects of the region's job market, a...

January 22, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite the economic slump, the majority of companies have made no changes to their sign-on bonus program, a survey finds.

January 21, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - For the fourth year in a row, most workers covered by a health plan seem very satisfied with their program, according to a...

January 21, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 (EGTRRA) offers participants both new and expanded opportunities to save for retirement, and...

January 18, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Minority and white employees continue to have different work experiences despite widespread efforts to tackle office diversity issues, according to a new survey.

January 18, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - American unions may still be able to count 13.5% of the work force as their own, but overall union membership growth has all...

January 17, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Canadian defined contribution plan participants are firmly in control of their employer-sponsored retirement savings, a Watson Wyatt study finds.

January 17, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As an example in the latest in the trend towards business process outsourcing (BPO), Prudential is handing its human resource (HR) functions over...

January 16, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The economy may still be in the doldrums, but most companies polled by Towers Perrin plan to step up technology spending in their...

January 16, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With its fourth-quarter profits plummeting 58%, General Motors Corp. is dropping its profit-sharing payments to hourly US workers, as well as its annual...

January 16, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of US workers enrolling for company benefits on the Internet has almost doubled in the last two years, Hewitt Associates says.

January 15, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - American workers may be saving more than ever - and more than their parents ever dreamed of - but it may not be...

January 15, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The "catch up" provision of the recent tax law may be a great idea, but countless numbers of Americans probably won't be able...