Benefits

August 26, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Department of Labor (DoL) has reached a $1.9 million settlement with Global Building Services Inc over allegations the janitorial services company failed...

August 25, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Companies increased their total director compensation by 19% in 2003 and shelled out more fees to lead directors and audit committee members.

August 25, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Health-care spending accounted for 15.2% of US gross domestic product (GDP) in 2004, up from 11.1% in 1989.

August 25, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Home Depot Inc. has agreed to settle discrimination claims brought against it as part of its ongoing mediation with the Equal Employment Opportunity...

August 24, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Almost half of UK defined contribution (DC) plans do not provide income protection for those who retire early for health-related reasons, a Mercer...

August 24, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The overwhelming majority (95%) of HR professionals keep employee personnel files under lock and key and restrict the number of people able to...

August 24, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Most people do not believe problems with managed care plans have improved in the past three or four years.

August 23, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In the first case of its kind in the country, a Seattle man has pleaded guilty in federal court to violating the confidentiality...

August 23, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The state of Vermont announced on Thursday that it was suing the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) over its imported prescription drug policy.

August 23, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The most common mistake made by senior executives in their first 100 days is the failure to establish strategic priorities, according to a...

August 23, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A state of Washington federal judge has upheld a 1996 law defining marriage as taking place between a man and a woman.

August 23, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Rx Depot, an Oklahoma-based company forced to close last year for helping to import Canadian prescription drugs, gave up its bid yesterday to...

August 20, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite the increased coverage devoted to same-sex benefit policies, human resource departments have not had a flood of questions coming from their workforce.

August 20, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is calling for a new program in California to offer drug discounts to the uninsured as an alternative to importing...

August 19, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Each of America's 50 largest financial institutions uses one or more nonqualified plans to help retain and attract key employees.

August 19, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Consumer-directed health care (CDHC) - high-deductible plans which have recently generated much enthusiasm in Washington and elsewhere - may not actually lower costs,...

August 19, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly nine out of 10 (88%) companies said creating employee ownership through an ESOP (employee stockownership plan) was "a good decision that has...

August 18, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With hiring on the rebound after a number of lackluster years, a new survey by Development Dimensions International (DDI) sheds lights on common...

August 18, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Aon Human Resource Outsourcing, a division of Aon Consulting Inc., and Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) announced today that they are joining forces in...

August 17, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, sidestepping federal regulator's objections, has followed through on previous assertions that he would allow the importation of prescription drugs...