Benefits

October 31, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Reverberations of the Strong Financial fiasco are spreading all the way to Oregon and the state's college savings plan.

October 31, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - After a Pakistan-based medical transcriber threatened to divulge medical transcripts from the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) Medical Center, a California...

October 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Top to bottom, the average market salary levels for the same position can vary by more than 60% across the country.

October 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fidelity Investments is finalizing a deal to acquire TEDS, an HR software development and consulting company.

October 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Sometimes, it pays to be big.

October 29, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com)- "I think we need a health care plan that promotes wellness in America - not just treatment, "said Democratic presidential candidate Wesley Clark, according...

October 29, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Looking to cut costs from the city's budget, Boston Mayor Thomas Menino is looking into buying Canadian prescription drugs for city workers.

October 29, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New York-area employers are offering older workers plums such as flexible work schedules (58%) and part-time hours (47%) in order to get them...

October 29, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than 20% of plan sponsors have either frozen pension plan benefits or are "actively considering" a plan freeze.

October 29, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released a fact sheet today discussing how the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) applies to diabetes...

October 29, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Administrative workers should expect a much larger paycheck next year, according to a new survey.

October 29, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The majority of United States employers are offering a two-day paid holiday around Thanksgiving in 2003, but as budgets get tighter, that number...

October 28, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - IT paychecks for 2003 continue to be impacted by economic pressures with base pay figures showing a slight increase over 2002 for 63%...

October 28, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The level of participation in retirement plans dropped to 41.8% of all workers in 2002, after reaching a peak of 44.4% just two...

October 28, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Aggregating data from eight different compensation surveys, Mercer Human Resource Consulting has launched a new source of pay data for human resource professionals.

October 28, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Containing costs and staffing shortages once again dominate the strategic challenges integrated health-care organizations say they will face in the next three to...

October 27, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Benefits management technology provider RewardsPlus has entered into a distribution and technology relationship with eye care coverage provider VSP.

October 27, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - There appears to be an emerging generation gap in retirement savings, and it doesn't bode well for younger workers, according to a new...

October 27, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Satisfied that state employees would not be put at risk, Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich is asking federal authorities for permission for its state...

October 27, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Two of the nation's largest Blue Cross Blue Shield health insurers have agreed to a $16.4-billion merger.