Benefits

October 28, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A survey of human resource and benefits managers overwhelmingly support President Bush's proposals for health coverage over those proposed by challenger John Kerry.

October 27, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Louisiana jury has awarded a former DuPont Employee over $1.2 million in a discrimination suit filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...

October 27, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new Fidelity Investments study illustrates the significant ways personalized communications can help plan sponsors beef up participants' involvement in their retirement plan.

October 27, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A vast majority of US and European multinational companies utilize outsourcing or shared services to support financial functions, but less than half consider...

October 25, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employees won't truly be regarded as a corporate asset alongside other assets until their value can be precisely measured with the same confidence,...

October 20, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As should be expected with the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) about to implement stock option expensing rules, long-term compensation incentives are down...

October 21, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Spending on health care for obese American represented more than a quarter (27%) of all health spending between 1987 and 2001, a new...

October 21, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hewitt Associates has released the latest revisions of health maintenance organization (HMO) rate increases for 2005.

October 20, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An association of Canada's mail-order pharmacies is voicing concerns about the possibilities of signing commercial contracts with American government agencies after one if...

October 20, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Wasting time managing under-performing employees? You're not alone.

October 20, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of middle managers searching for new jobs has decreased from last year.

October 20, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In observance of National Employment Awareness Month and with the goal of informing employers about their duties regarding employees with intellectual disabilities, the...

October 19, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Political discussions this election season may be more passionate and polarized than in years past, but this isn't stopping employees from sharing their...

October 19, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Over 47 million Americans garnering Social Security checks will receive a nice surprise this January: a $25 monthly increase in their benefit payouts.

October 19, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Bureau of Labor Statistics, part of the US Department of Labor (DoL), has released data that shows real average weekly earnings were...

October 19, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - When asked to compare their retirement savings to a current reality television show, a majority of respondents to the Allstate "Retirement Reality Check"...

October 19, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Cultural understanding is the most valued of all skills for global managers, a Columbia Business School study says.

October 18, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Almost half of the companies who were expecting to offer flu shots to employees are now cutting such programs due to the flu...

October 15, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A few too many spelling mistakes and subsequent 'love notes' from the boss? Blame it on the temperature!

October 15, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With the nation's flu vaccine supply cut in half last week after British regulators suspended the license of the Chiron Corp., companies are...