Benefits

April 24, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Company match contributions are beneficial for retirement plan participants, but they can also provide benefits for sponsors, including employee attraction and retention.

April 23, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has concluded that defined contribution retirement plan approaches...

April 23, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The annual Trustees report on the financial health of Social Security Trust Funds says funds will be exhausted by 2033, three years sooner...

April 23, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A group of retirees is suing North Carolina’s employee health plan for breach of contract.

April 23, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Marymount Manhattan College refused to hire a choreography instructor for a tenure-track assistant professorship because of her age, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity...

April 23, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Florida Governor Rick Scott signed a measure to reduce contributions to public employees’ 401(k)-style accounts.  

April 20, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Boomers pose major challenges for the future of traditional retirement communities, a study found.
 

April 20, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) Board approved a policy that limits the gifts that board members can accept.
 

April 19, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A House committee approved a bill that would allow federal employees to phase into retirement by working part-time and collecting a partial annuity. 

April 19, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Illinois House approved a proposal to make it more difficult for government workers to get pension increases. 
 

April 19, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nortel Networks Inc. won court permission to hire a mediator to try to resolve...

April 19, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – According to the 2011 Wells Fargo Retirement Plan Sponsor Survey, 50% of companies have not measured their employees’ retirement progress.
 

April 18, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Slightly more than a third of companies (37%) use social media networks to research...

April 18, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - American households may experience a potential income drop of 28% in retirement.

April 17, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan automation solutions play a key role in the plan design process, according to...

April 17, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Confidence in retirement savings and overall financial security both dropped one point, to 57% and 41%, respectively, according to Country Financial’s Security Index.

April 17, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Retiring Baby Boomer business owners to the north are far more active in preparing for retirement compared with the average Canadian. 
 

April 17, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Washington state Legislature approved changes to health insurance benefits for K-12 school employees that are intended to improve transparency and help those...

April 16, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Sixty-nine percent of investors between the ages of 21 and 50 plan to work either part-time or full-time during their retirement years. 
 

April 16, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – U.S. employers have lost confidence that employees will have sufficient retirement assets when they leave the workplace.