Benefits

July 19, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Prescription drug costs are expected to increase nearly 25%, and overall medical costs 12.2% over the next year, but most large employers plan...

July 18, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While automatic 401(k) plan enrollment increases employee participation, those participants often leave their investments on "auto-pilot", failing to maximize the benefits of participation,...

July 5, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Rising healthcare costs are already under the microscope at large employers, though proposed changes may not deal with increased employee discontent with their...

June 29, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While 80% of hiring managers at smaller employers believe benefits to be the key consideration in attracting employees, just 24% of employees confirm...

June 28, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Salaries for human resource professionals are rising faster than average salaries - some twice as fast, according to a new study by William...

June 25, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Contract talks between General Electric and 14 unions representing some 38,000 GE workers went down to the wire Sunday night, with apparent agreement...

June 14, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a first for one of the nation's largest pension systems, New York state lawmakers and governor George Pataki Tuesday agreed to give...

June 8, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com)- The nation's Big Three automakers will offer health care coverage to same-sex domestic partners of eligible employees. DaimlerChrysler, Ford and General Motors are following...

June 5, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - American workers appear to be coming up short when it comes to living in retirement, according to the latest report from the Department...

May 31, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stock options, long considered a relatively cheap way to retain employees in a tight labor market, are getting more expensive - and employers...

May 26, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Trying to ease their administrative burden, a majority of human resource managers plan to expand their use of the Internet to administer benefits,...

May 22, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With only two out of a hundred receiving a perfect score in a recent 401(k) quiz, it is clear plan sponsors face an...

May 16, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Americans are more confident than ever about their retirement savings - but should they be? The 2000 Retirement Confidence Survey finds more confidence,...

May 12, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Win or lose, you've lost, as plan sponsors face increasing attacks from class action attorneys who are turning their attention to ERISA, warn...

May 9, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A bi-partisan bill introduced Tuesday in the House of Representatives would make an employer's gift of a free computer or cheap Internet access...

May 5, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a move to consolidate the power of an aging workforce, the AFL-CIO this week announced the formation of a new national organization...

May 4, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A tight labor market is forcing employers to get creative in designing a better workplace. Workers are demanding - and getting - more...

May 1, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Supreme Court ruled Monday that public employees who agree to take time off instead of overtime pay can be forced to take...

April 30, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Once again pension plan retirees are standing up to management - and the fate of a multi-billion dollar merger may hang in the...

April 27, 2000 - (PLANSPONSOR.com) The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has endorsed a new SunAmerica/ADP alliance as the preferred pension provider for its nearly 3 million small business...