Benefits

October 29, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An overwhelming 93% of households with computers now have Internet access, and almost a third of these use their PCs to manage their...

October 29, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Multinational companies recognize the importance of controlling costs of their global benefit plans, but many aren't taking full advantage of the available cost-saving...

October 29, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao has scheduled the second of the three National Summits on Retirement Savings for early next year.

October 29, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - If you're nice to your employees, chances are you're also a business success.

October 29, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Segal Company forecasts that retail prescription drug coverage should experience a 19.4% trend rate increase for active members and retirees under age...

October 26, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US organizations will spend nearly $57 billion on training this year, up 5% from the $54 billion spent last year, according to Training...

October 25, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of employees who telecommute in the US increased by almost 17% to 28.8 million over the last year, according to a...

October 25, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) The employment cost index, a gauge of what employers pay in wages, salaries and benefits, increased by 1% in the third quarter of this year,...

October 25, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Almost of plan sponsors in a recent Cigna survey feel unprepared to provide their participants with retirement planning, at a time when participants...

October 24, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participants aren't taking advantage of a number of Medicare education tools, according to a report by Mathematica Policy Research Group.

October 23, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - White, overweight, working women, earn less money than their thinner counterparts, according to new research from Cornell University.

October 22, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Ford Motor Company informed its employees via e-mail that its Model E employee computer plan has been discontinued, according to a report in the...

October 19, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - While many employers are reluctant to cut benefits, in the face of ever-increasing healthcare costs, a growing number plan to take steps to increase...

October 18, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - For the first time in nearly thirty years, the number of working US moms with infants is dropping.

October 17, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Human resources professionals charged with scheduling shifts, may find the results of two recent studies linking women who work the night shift with an...

October 15, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Workers feel positive about their employers' efforts to address their concerns following the September terrorist attacks, a survey by the Council of Public...

October 15, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - The economic downturn, softening labor market and accelerating health care costs are forcing employers to carefully review their current health care strategies, in some...

October 15, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Workers from the two largest state employee unions in Minnesota are set to go back to work today, ending a two-week strike by...

October 12, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While two-thirds of human resource professionals are comfortable with job negotiations, less than a third of job hunters are, according to a new...

October 12, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Those facing the loss of health benefits from September's terrorist attacks looking for their options will now find it easier to get answers...