Benefits

November 20, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A 4% spending goal may still be a reasonable starting point for investors who follow a total-return spending approach.

November 20, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Companies are more lenient this year about allowing employees to shop online during business hours.

November 20, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A Cogent Research study provides insight into what DC plan participants want from their plans and plan providers.

November 19, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Three in four adults said they prefer to receive retirement plan information on paper versus electronically.

November 19, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Many investors are lowering their expectations for their retirement lifestyle.

November 19, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Generation X and Generation Y account for 55% of the participants in defined contribution (DC) plans administered by MassMutual.

November 16, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – “Auto-enrollment is very important to the future of 401(k)s,” contends J.J. McKinney, Retirement Strategies Inc.

November 16, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The LGBT community is concerned they may not be able to maintain their lifestyle in retirement and could outlive their savings.

November 16, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Saving and spending behaviors fluctuate wildly, setting the stage for varying levels of retirement confidence among Americans, a study found.

November 16, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – In the coming weeks and months, lawmakers will focus on tax reform.

November 15, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Switching from a defined benefit (DB) pension plan to defined contribution (DC) individual accounts or cash balance plans would have negative effects on...

November 15, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Defined contribution (DC) plan participants’ contributions continued and withdrawal activity remained low in the first half of 2012.

November 15, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A group of Pennsylvania judges is suing the state regarding a mandatory retirement provision of state law.

November 14, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Fifty-eight percent of executives say employee benefits costs are the leading factor impacting total reward decisions.

November 14, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Workforce health management, or “wellness”, has emerged as employers’ top long-term strategy for controlling health spending.

November 14, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Growth in the average total health benefit cost per employee slowed from 6.1% last year to just...

November 14, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Adult children and their parents struggle to communicate about retirement planning, providing care for elderly parents and...

November 14, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Retirement benefits remained mostly intact during the Great Recession.

November 13, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The four-day Thanksgiving weekend remains a tradition among most U.S. employers.

November 12, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Baby Boomers have not totally counted out social security as a source of retirement income.