Benefits

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...

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...