Benefits

March 11, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - AK Steel Corp has reached a settlement with the company's former president who sought $11.1 million in benefits.

March 11, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More employees will flock to consumer-directed health plans (CDHP) this year - part of a continuing employer search for effective ways to control...

March 11, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An aging workforce, less proclivity for pension plans to take large equity positions and looming global accounting changes could spell the demise of...

March 11, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Citing an improving economic climate, Ford Motor Co. is reinstating partial 401(k) plan matches for salaried workers and bonuses to middle and upper...

March 10, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - San Jose has become the first city in California to officially recognize same-sex marriages of municipal employees.

March 10, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The median total direct compensation packages for corporate directors were up by about 30% in the last year, according to a new study.

March 10, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A former SG Cowen Securities Corp. director filed a gender discrimination lawsuit against the investment bank, charging that she was unduly fired after...

March 9, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Seattle Mayor Gregory Nickels has issued an executive order acknowledging the validity of marriages regardless of the sex of the individuals for purposes...

March 9, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - United States-based customers bought more prescription medications exported from Canada in January, reversing three months of declines.

March 9, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While large private employers may have adjusted health care premium contribution levels to steer employees to the most cost- effective carriers, state governments...

March 9, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Majorities of health consumers say they know what their health care premiums, doctor visits, prescription drugs and deductibles cost while far fewer say...

March 8, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Like private sector prescription drug plans, state plans have seen prices steadily increase as plan sponsors for those plans look for strategies to...

March 8, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The vast majority of employees report going to work when they are sick.

March 8, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A large volume of unexercised stock options that are In-the-money will add up to high compensation levels for chief executive officers (CEO) in...

March 8, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employees at companies whose health plans are serviced by Fidelity Investments' Health and Welfare benefits outsourcing unit will soon have a new source...

March 8, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hiring managers may be good at rooting out dishonest applicants, but a candidate's moral character and likelihood to react badly to workplace stress...

March 8, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The federal anti-discrimination agency has released its Fiscal Year 2003 enforcement scorecard showing the extent of its legal activities for the period.

March 5, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Women are making inroads into upper management positions, increasing their lot 7% over to the past 12 years now making up 36.4% of...

March 5, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Look for the job merry-go-round for sales professionals to spin merrily during 2004.

March 5, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Minnesota, which began the nation's first state-sponsored Internet connection with Canadian pharmacies five weeks ago, is kicking off inspections of two Canadian mail-order...