Benefits

January 14, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Polaroid has pulled a controversial executive compensation plan from the agenda of a bankruptcy hearing tomorrow, according to published reports.

January 15, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Human resources professionals at smaller start-up companies are more valued than their counterparts at larger more established organizations, a new study finds.

January 11, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Tuesday is still considered the most productive day of the week, a poll finds.

January 11, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While average participant balances declined in 2001, participation and contribution rates continued to be relatively strong, according to a recent survey.

January 9, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Only 22% of respondents in a survey of members of the Profit Sharing Council of America (PSCA) offer investment advice to participants in...

January 9, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Benefits managers saw increased employee cost sharing as the most successful method for controlling health plan benefit costs in 2001, a survey by...

January 8, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The New York region may be battling recession and the fallout of September 11, but 76% of companies polled are still actively hiring...

January 7, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Some 20% of Britain's workers lose out on over a third of their paid vacation days, according to a survey.

Washington, DC, January 7, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mass-production employee communications programs are fast outliving their usefulness in 401(k) education efforts - and will increasingly fall prey to more...

January 4, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Average stock option overhang levels increased to 14.6% in 2000, from 13% the previous year, reversing a five-year trend during which overhang growth...

January 4, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Demand for technology workers may have slacked off after the boom in the nineties, but human resources professionals should still be keeping their...

January 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of jobs lost last year was the highest since Challenger, Gray and Christmas started keeping count in 1993, according to data...

January 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Almost three-quarters of American savers with a workplace retirement plan will likely increase their contributions in 2002 following the passage of the Economic...

January 2, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In 1999, some 48% of employees in private establishments were offered a retirement plan by their employers, data from the Bureau of Labor...

January 2, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Workers in the healthcare sector will make real economic gains in 2002 - their salaries are expected to outpace inflation this year, increasing...

January 2, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employees who are actively job searching or would jump on a lucrative offer are, job scanners, who represent 'a potential time bomb' for...

January 2, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The average starting salary for administrative professionals will rise just 0.4% this year, but a lot depends on what the job entails, according...

January 2, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In 1999 Paid time off was the most prevalent benefit offered by private employers to their workers, according to data from the Bureau...

December 31, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US pension funds have gotten pounded in the last two years with assets underperforming liabilities by 37%, according to Ryan Labs Inc.

December 31, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fewer laid-off technology workers hit the street in December, with the lowest number of announced monthly firings in 18 months, according to a...