Benefits

March 18, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com)-The Enron fiasco has caused more employees to consider the security of their 401(k) and retirement plans, a new survey finds.

March 15, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than 2,000 retired football players are in line for a hefty pension increase of as much as 100% in April in what...

March 15, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The long-running legal battle over a controversial management review system at Ford Motor Co. ended as a Michigan judge approved a $10.5-million settlement...

March 14, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Six former executives of Sallie Mae, the education-finance agency, are locked in a pension battle with their former employer in a complex dispute...

March 13, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Americans are paying more attention to their investments in the wake of the collapse of Enron by staying away from companies they don't...

March 13, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With an estimated annual growth rate of 7.3% between now and 2011, Americans' health-care spending could double over that period compared with what...

March 13, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employees at Qwest Communications International were prevented from selling company stock shares or other 401(k) assets for four weeks in December and January...

March 12, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Americans may be getting increasingly impatient with the career advancement possibilities in their profession as a new online survey reports that 65% of...

March 11, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nine former and current Coca-Cola employees have sued their employer, alleging the soft-drink firm bilked workers out of at least $200 million in...

March 11, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nineties tech-boom trend that saw more and more businesses adopting casual dress policies in may be reversing as the economy wanes, according...

March 8, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Companies had better start moving aggressively to cut health care costs with help from their employees or they could face a doubling of...

March 6, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A fund company said employers are dumping low-balance 401(k) accounts ahead of the adoption by the Department of Labor of a tax code...

March 6, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - About half of the plans responding to a new survey currently require their company match to be invested in stock, and 72% of...

March 5, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than half of those looking for jobs in the New York area say workplace diversity is more of an issue in the...

March 5, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Of the Americans who left jobs in 2001, 80% were prompted by a corporate restructuring, merger, or cutback - up from 74% the...

March 5, 2002 - Human resources professionals may be more sensitive to their company's diversity responsibilities than in past years, but women trying for corporate advancement still bump...

March 4, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US workers, generally happy to see the demise of the suit and tie, are quick to list the benefits of the shift towards...

March 4, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internet sector job scene continued improving in February with the amount of announced job cuts well down from January 2002.

March 4, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mellon Financial Corporation is changing the name of its human-resources services provider from Mellon Employee Benefit Solutions to Mellon HR Solutions.

February 28, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While some other employment benefits may have fallen by the wayside, employers, still eager to show workers they're appreciated, continue to offer spot...