Benefits

November 12, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) As further evidence of a dismal employment front, job seekers are now negotiating severance packages upfront, a new survey by TrueCareers, an e-recruiting business launched...

November 9, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A disproportionate number of Ford Motor Company's fifty-something midlevel managers were given the lowest grade in the company's performance evaluation system in 2000,...

November 9, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - General Motors employees can now log in from home to access their 401(k) accounts, electronic pay stubs, e-learning enrollment, and other company services,...

November 8, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - After already delaying raises for its employees, Hewlett-Packard has decided to suspend pay increases until its business recovers from the slump in technology...

November 8, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - M&T Bank and Benefit Resource, Inc, a third-party benefits administrator, have streamlined Qualified Transportation Expense(QTE) programs with the launch of eTRAC, a stored...

November 7, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly a third (32%) of US workers are concerned about being harmed in future terrorist attacks, compared with just 23% worried about being laid...

November 7, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) Nearly half (44%) of laid off workers say their employer did not communicate effectively the rationale for the job cuts, yet that was deemed...

November 7, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers in the manufacturing and general industries sector who want to help their workers improve their skills and make workplaces safer and more productive...

November 6, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - American employers announced plans to cut 242,192 jobs last month, down from September's 248,332 but still the second highest monthly tally this year,...

November 6, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors at small companies now have a new defined contribution option available following the launch of Ziegler Companies, Inc.'s e401(k) platform powered...

November 6, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors already concerned about the inflated costs of health care may have more to worry about, according to a new survey by...

November 5, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) Negotiations between lawyers for Ford and attorneys for white-collar managers suing the automaker reportedly broke down over the weekend, according to the Associated Press.

November 2, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - The HMO requirement that patients be referred to specialists by their primary care physicians doesn't have much of an impact on cost, a new...

November 1, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Only 28% of companies plan to make changes to their base salary budgets for next year, despite the economic downturn and drop in demand,...

November, 2001 - Retirees fear health benefits cutbacks at Big Blue next year

October 31, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Allowing employees to choose health-care coverage much like they choose DC plan investments makes the workers happier because they can customize health insurance...

October 31, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors need to get ready for participants knocking on their door come January, looking for advice on their 401(k) accounts after another...

October 31, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Some 4,849 jobs in the dot.com sector fell under the axe in October, many of them in the travel industry, according to a report...

October 30, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Labor Department, citing limited resources, has decided not to weigh in on a lawsuit by AOL "volunteers" who claim they were entitled...

October 30, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Large US companies are making few major changes to their existing compensation programs, reducing their merit increase budget only slightly, and taking a wait-and-see...