Benefits

April 22, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Total compensation for chief executive officers (CEOs) at the nation’s largest corporations remained relatively unchanged in 2013, Towers Watson finds.

April 22, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Regulations designed to encourage small employers to offer employees health benefits could be improved, research suggests.

April 22, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – How Americans read and how much they read appears to be connected, according to the results of a recent poll.

April 21, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The push for establishing mandatory access to workplace retirement savings provides important insights into the path advocacy groups must take to influence national...

April 21, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Data does not suggest a strong connection between increases in contribution limits and the creation of new retirement plans, according to a U.S....

April 21, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The economy’s influence on the adjustments being made to executive reward programs is decreasing this year.

April 21, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Employers are scaling back designs for their medical plans due to taxes related to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (or ACA),...

April 21, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Nearly half of American workers feel stressed about their finances, although worry seems to diminish among those seeking professional advice.

April 18, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Increasing health care costs are predicted to exceed the Social Security benefits of middle-class American retirees, new research finds.

April 17, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) — Sure it's good to achieve a "comfortable" retirement, but one investment manager says many retirement plan participants are struggling to achieve even basic...

April 16, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A study by the National Association for Retirement Plan Participants (NARPP) finds a low level of financial literacy among retirement plan participants.

April 15, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Employers aren't just looking for learned skills to perform job functions when scanning resumes, they are looking for clues about certain personality traits.

April 15, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The most effective way to increase participation in retirement plans is to provide all workers with access to one and automatically enroll them,...

April 15, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new approach called “reference pricing” in health insurance may help control health costs, the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) contends.

April 15, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Employees who invest in target-date funds (TDFs) through their employer-sponsored defined contribution (DC) plan feel more confident about meeting retirement goals, says a...

April 15, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Generation Y, or Millennial, workers are taking responsible actions for their financial future.

April 14, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – More investors are planning to spend their federal income tax refund on a vacation, says a new survey.

April 14, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – More companies are moving towards a defined contribution (DC) model for employee health benefits, a study finds.

April 14, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) — Retirement plan participants are showing strong interest in target-date strategies, but one provider says retirement investors should stick to the most conservative approaches.

April 14, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Results from the Charles Schwab Money Myths survey show a prevailing sense of overconfidence and unfounded optimism among U.S. workers planning for finances...