Benefits

October 8, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A study indicates employers may be offsetting their matching contributions to manage cost increases from automatic enrollment into defined contribution (DC) retirement plans.

October 7, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Few employers are making plan sponsorship or work force changes in anticipation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), according to...

October 7, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – New fee transparency regulations, along with a number of widely publicized fee-related litigation cases, helped drive costs related to retirement investment account administration...

October 7, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Controlling benefits costs is by far the number one issue for companies participating in a recent survey, with more than 80% ranking it...

October 7, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – An analysis of the adequacy of retirement systems shows while the United States has fallen behind internationally, there are ways for it to...

October 7, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Companies will continue using health and productivity programs in an effort to lower health care costs and keep employees healthy, a survey found.

October 4, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Plan sponsors can go a long way towards reducing leakage from defined contribution (DC) retirement plans.

October 4, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Decisions about employer-provided benefits, such as health care coverage, can affect retirement planning.

October 4, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A survey indicates the impact of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) on health benefit plan costs will be low.

October 3, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Several factors have created a retirement funding gap that is estimated to be as high as $6 trillion, said panelists in a discussion...

October 3, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Employees need to learn more about their benefit options and coverage gaps, says a new survey.

October 3, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Where a person works, as well as their occupation and hours, can influence what health care benefits they receive, says a new report.

October 3, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Nearly three out of four workers likely to be focused on retirement savings have access to an employer-sponsored retirement plan, according to an...

October 3, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Households without employer-sponsored defined contribution (DC) plans or individual retirement accounts (IRA) had lower incomes and paid less taxes than peers with access...

October 3, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Fewer participants contribute anywhere near the maximum to their retirement accounts—which could translate into an opportunity for plan sponsors to address savings with...

October 2, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Small companies (10 - 499 employees) face retirement plan coverage and participation, as well as employee retirement readiness, challenges, a report suggests.

October 1, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – U.S. employees said their direct supervisors affect their job satisfaction and engagement, according to the Kelly Global Workforce Index.

October 1, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – During the federal government shutdown, federal employees will not be able to make contributions to their retirement plan accounts.

October 2, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – An increasing portion of the work force is older than age 60, but this is not negatively affecting workforce productivity.

October 1, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Employers expect health benefit cost per employee will rise by 4.8% on average in 2014, an annual survey from Mercer found.