Benefits

December 12, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - About half of the Microsoft Corporation employees eligible to sell their largely worthless underwater stock options took advantage of the plan and generated...

December 12, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Health-care spending growth for privately insured Americans during the first half of 2003 slowed to its lowest level in three years, turning in...

No one can accuse employers participating in a recent survey of being Mr. Scrooge. Knowing that the holiday season can put their workers under boatloads of extra stress,...

December 12, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - If Social Security, employer retirement plans and personal savings indeed represent a "three-legged stool" of retirement income, many Americans risk going into their...

December 10, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - If recent data can be believed, many workers are shopping till they drop - while at work.

December 10, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Females may make 20% less than their male counterparts in the workplace, but the real impact lies in the pension gap this differential...

December 10, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - President Bush is filing the stockings of federal employees, ordering executive branch agencies to close on Friday December 26.

December 10, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Non-qualified deferred compensation plans (NQDC) continue growing in popularity for their additional retirement planning opportunities for key executives, according to a new survey.

December 10, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Pretty soon, the train of local and state government officials vowing to import prescription drugs from Canada is going to be standing room...

December 10, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Only 5% of Fortune 1000 companies have implemented full-fledged outsourcing programs, suggesting the flood of jobs moving overseas may be more like a...

December 10, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fresh from an economic downturn and continual personnel downsizings, a key issue for many HR departments these days is finding ways to improve...

December 9, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly half (47%) of human resource professionals are seeing an increase in the number of employees dealing with elder care issues, but only...

December 9, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The city of Boston is apparently jumping on the Canadian prescription drugs bandwagon.

December 9, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers continue to shift more responsibility for funding benefit programs to their employees and the workers aren't very happy about it, according to...

December 8, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While US equity markets continued their upward trend, participants appeared largely unmoved by the "prospects," according to the Hewitt 401(k) Index.

December 8, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Health insurers, Health Maintenance Organizations (HMO) and third-party administrators (TPA) are forecasting employer's health-care costs will continue their double-digit rate of increase into...

December 8, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Medco Health Solutions Inc., which manages pharmacy benefit plans, reported that a West Virginia judge has dismissed several claims in a prescription drug...

December 8, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Even though the annual change in average total health benefit cost was up 10.1% in 2003, it was also the first year cost...

December 5, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers looking for a quick way to workers' hearts may want to rely more on merchandise like pens, books, and apparel rather than...

December 5, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A former Global Crossing Ltd. employee was convicted of using a Web site to threaten executives at the now bankrupt telecommunications company.