Benefits

April 9, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors will have their hands full this year, coping with disintegrating 401(k) balances, resurgent health care costs and regulatory decisions, according to...

April 9, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - In testimony before the House Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations, the centerpiece provisions of the Comprehensive Retirement Security and Pension...

April 6, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.COM)- Personal contacts and networking were rated the most effective tactic in job-hunting or recruiting by both human resource professionals and job seekers, according to a...

April 6, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A man who got drunk while on a business trip and suffered severe frostbite after passing out in the cold is entitled to...

April 6, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - General Electric employees have begun making trades on an online brokerage service, courtesy of their employer.

April 5, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a partnership with online-education company UNext, General Motors is offering employees a chance to get online MBAs.

April 5, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appeals court has ruled that eating is a "major life activity", allowing a job applicant's suit under the Americans with Disabilities...

April 5, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - American firms were handing out pink slips in March at the fastest pace since 1993, according to outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas.

April 4, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - American women earn 76 cents for every dollar a man makes - the equivalent of working one week without pay per month, according...

April 4, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Research conducted by the Employment Policy Foundation (EPF) found no indication of discrimination against employees with children.

April 3, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers will be looking to hire 900,000 information technology workers this year, just half of last year's projected need.

April 2, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.COM)- In today's tight labor market, the vast majority of employers are turning temporary help into full-time workers, according to a new survey.

March 30, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While more than half (58%) of Americans believe that working beyond age 65 improves longevity, 42% plan to retire before that age.

March 29, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Dot.com job losses declined for the second month in a row, raising hopes that layoffs in the sector may be bottoming out.

March 28, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A growing number of employers rely on work/life benefits to retain rather than recruit employees, according to a new study.

March 28, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Americans have become a nation of sleep-deprived workaholics, with about 40% having trouble staying awake on the job, according to a new survey.

March 27, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Cinergy will offer its 7,500 employees a home PC with subsidized Internet access, the latest in a growing number of employers to extend...

March 27, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly half of employees sent on international assignments leave the company within two years, apparent casualties of huge gaps in employer/employee expectations, according...

March 22, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - President George Bush says he won't sign a patient's bill of rights that would encourage unnecessary litigation and drive up insurance premiums, specifically...

March 22, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Forget about stock options. If you want to keep employees, "Show them the money," according to a new survey.