Benefits

June 30, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employees of companies that run fitness/wellness programs are darned happy about the offerings, a survey found.

June 30, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The majority of US technology companies now offer nonqualified retirement plans as an incentive to attract and retain high-level employees.

June 30, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Certain Ohio public employees will have to work 30 years before being eligible for 100% retirement medical coverage under changes now being debated...

June 30, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A national annuity trade group suggested Wednesday that American workers might have an easier time in retirement income planning if they think of...

June 29, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - HR officials of companies doing business with New York City may soon be required to offer domestic partner benefits.

June 29, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The vast majority of plan sponsors in the Northeast say health-care costs are "out of control," but few are taking steps to rein...

June 29, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The decrease may be slight, but the nation's finance chiefs predict health-care cost increases will fall below the double-digit mark in the next...

June 28, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Continued cost increases in health-care over the past few years have forced 75% of companies to make changes in their health-care plan design.

June 28, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The rising cost of health-care is the number one issue affecting trends in the workplace in the coming year.

June 28, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than three out of 10 (34%) employers say the percentage of salary reflecting costs of voluntary benefits is higher in 2004 than...

June 28, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly half of part and full-time workers are looking, or plan to look, for new employment in the next year.

June 28, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Using vacation time is becoming somewhat easier for workers, according to a poll by ComPsych Corporation, an EAP provider.

June 28, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - August 23 looms large on the radar screen of plan sponsors rushing to be compliant with amendments to the Fair Labor Standards Act...

June 28, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Offshoring as a trend is hot - red hot - these days, according to a new survey.

June 28, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Better office ergonomics can help improve worker productivity.

June 28, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In an apparent sign of a technology recovery, at least some in the IT consultant and reseller space are walking away with healthy...

June 28, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Retirees need to have even more money stashed away to provide for a comfortable retirement, but participants are faced with increased costs and...

June 28, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Sixty-six percent of business owners plan to get away this summer, even if they do not plan to get away from it all.

June 25, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers are increasingly using funds they might have dedicated to payroll to cover their soaring health-care benefits costs.

June 24, 2004-Half (51%) of human resources managers have not reviewed their benefit plans in order to determine whether or not the term spouse, as defined in their...