Benefits

December 8, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Improving internal communication is the most critical factor in keeping qualified employees, according to a new survey.

December 7, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Health maintenance organizations (HMOs) do not save money by restricting access to expensive medical treatments, according to a new study.

December 6, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The wait for new employees to join a 401(k) plan is shrinking, with over half (52%) of surveyed plans offering eligibility in 3...

December 6, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employee turnover not only hits the bottom line - a new study confirms that it can impact customer satisfaction as well, and plan...

December 5, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Bank of America has opted to outsource many of its human resource functions for its 150,000 employees - and expects to realize a...

December 5, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Unocal has approved an "enhanced severance program" to help the company retain and continue to attract employees in a competitive hiring environment -...

December 1, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly a quarter of large employers (22%) surveyed offer domestic partner benefits, more than twice as many as the 10% in 1997, according...

December 1, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Unless Congress intervenes, the medical savings account (MSA) program is scheduled to expire on December 31, leaving self-employed and smaller employers without a...

November 30, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly 2/3 of women expect to work in retirement - and 4% never expect to retire, according to the 2000 Women's Retirement Confidence...

November 29, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers and employees have different benefit priorities - with employees overwhelmingly concerned about retirement issues and employers focused on health care costs, according...

November 29, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Round-the-clock childcare will be available to more than 300,000 employees of Ford and Visteon Corporation in 15 states beginning next year.

November 20, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Health plan workers received median base pay raises of 5.4% this year, compared with just 3.6% for a broader group of health care...

November 20, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US companies spent $54 billion on formal training this year, with nearly two-thirds (64%) dedicated to the salaries of in-house trainers, according to...

November 16, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employees are increasingly "giving" at the office - and then some, according to a new report. Forty percent put in overtime or take...

November 16, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Average monthly premiums for state employee HMO's rose 9.3% last year, compared with just 4.7% for point of service (POS) plans, according to...

November 14, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly half - 44% - of the increase in health care costs last year were associated with pharmaceutical costs, according to a new...

November 13, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New ergonomics standards from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) could be issued today - but the controversial measure is currently embroiled...

November 10, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The most common mistake made in filing handwritten Forms 5500 is that plan sponsors forget to sign the form, according to Carl Walston,...

November 8 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers may have to ante up a bit more for those college grads this year, with the average starting salary now topping $37,000/year, up...

November 6, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The defined contribution balance "gender gap" between the sexes has narrowed somewhat in recent years, due largely to increased savings of middle-aged women.