Benefits

October 27, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - UnitedHealth Group and Mid Atlantic Medical Services have agreed to a merger deal.

October 27, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Another business group has come out in opposition to California's new health-care law and has announced a campaign to collect signatures in an...

October 27, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With the US job market continuing to struggle to find its footing, it now appears that the economy may get a significant boost...

October 24, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has joined the rising chorus of public figures to back the purchase of prescription drugs from Canada.

October 24, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - If stock option expensing becomes mandatory, two-thirds of companies will reduce their long-term incentive (LTI) grants to salaried individual contributors and hourly workers.

October 24, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of women ages 40 to 44 who report being childfree has increased to 18% in 2002, compared with 10% in 1976.

October 24, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - It's not cool anymore to catch a few "Z's" at the office.

October 24, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With prescription drug expenses headed skyward, employers are taking away cost-control stops and thus hitting employees right in the pocketbook.

October 24, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than three-quarters of women business owners are dissatisfied with the cost of health care for "themselves and their employees," while two-thirds were...

October 24, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A scant one in 10 employees participating in a recent poll said they get thanked daily for doing a good job by their...

October 23, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Of the three legged employee benefits stool, employees are most unhappy with changes to their health-care benefits.

October 23, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Even though the projection falls below 2003 figures, health plans are still projecting a double-digit increase next year.

October 23, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Executives striking out for their next career opportunity should be mindful of a resume that is not only free of mistakes, but also...

October 23, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A 420-pound man who had charged McDonald's with refusing to hire him as a cook has settled his lawsuit with the fast-food chain.

October 23, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Attempting to get a higher wage for her labor, a worker based in Pakistan has threatened to release the medical records of a...

October 23, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Observers of the US health system may have to rethink the long-held view that serious strains on hospital emergency rooms come from the...

October 22, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The fusion of staffing management services and solutions provider Recruitsoft Inc. with temporary workforce management provider White Amber Inc. has produced a new...

October 22, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fewer private sector Americans worked for a company sponsoring a retirement plan in 2002, while a likewise smaller number covered by a retirement...

October 22, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The rate of last-minute no shows in US workplaces has dropped to an all-time low while the average annual per-employee cost fell 22.3%,...

October 22, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Besting earlier estimates by a full percentage point, Health Maintenance Organizations (HMO) will increase renewal rates by 15% in 2004.