Benefits

November 12, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Stress at work contributes to poor job performance, more so than stress from other sources, a study suggests.

November 12, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Participation in employer-sponsored retirement plans has been generally stable since 2011.

November 11, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Canadian plan sponsors are taking steps to address challenges facing their defined benefit (DB) retirement plans.

November 11, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new poll reveals employers who sponsor equity compensation plans have an important part to play in educating employees.

November 8, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Bank of America is moving its $19 billion defined contribution (DC) plan, currently with Fidelity, to the Merrill Lynch platform.

November 8, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – In an effort to improve its financial situation, the Archdiocese of Philadelphia is freezing its defined benefit plan for lay employees.

November 7, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Plan sponsors need to change the message of retirement to one of empowerment—not a dismal single life event—for plan participants. 

November 7, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Many Americans oppose changes to tax regulations for retirement savings accounts, a survey shows.

November 7, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Employees need to make their expectations about retirement more realistic.

November 7, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Best practices for fee management are increasingly important to defined contribution (DC) retirement plans.

November 5, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Plan sponsors need to educate their participants about how to prepare for spending once they retire.

November 5, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Not all employees use sick days to recover from an illness.

November 5, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The first half of 2013 saw little change in saving and withdrawal activity among employer-sponsored defined contribution (DC) plan participants, an Investment Company...

November 5, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Retirees want more unbiased information—and less political grandstanding—on the Affordable Care Act (ACA), a survey shows.

November 4, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – It can improve participants’ portfolio construction, asset allocation and also participant outcomes. So what is holding plan sponsors back from auto re-enrollment?

November 1, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The cost of health coverage and other employee benefits is the top concern of midsized business owners and executives, a study by the...

October 31, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Retirement plan participants need more education about contribution deferral limits, according to a recent survey.

October 30, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The health insurance exchanges created as a result of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (or ACA) could be especially beneficial to...

October 30, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The right metrics and valuation strategy can help defined contribution (DC) plan investment committees cut through the complexity of evaluating target-date fund (TDF)...

October 30, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new study by John Hancock found that employees’ biggest retirement-related concern is the financial risk of rising health care costs.