Benefits

October 15, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Don't look for a dramatic increase in small-business hiring anytime this year, a new poll found.

October 15, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The majority of the 20 largest defined contribution plan sponsors intend to provide their participants with a managed account option by the end...

October 14, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In an indication of how critical many workers consider it is to have adequate health-care coverage, more than half of respondents in a...

October 14, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Health-care cost increases in 2004 are expected to be at 12.6%, a decrease from 2003's 14.7%.

October 14, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Formal stock ownership policies for executives are on the rise as companies look to these policies as good corporate governance moves.

October 14, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The stress levels in the American workplace continue to climb with increasing numbers of workers fretting over losing their job.

October 14, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Even though lower than rates seen in 2003, the forecast for 2004's health-care rates shows the fifth year in a row of double-digit...

October 14, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A manager whose direct reports, peers or supervisors are largely female and whose peers and supervisors are younger typically gets a smaller paycheck,...

October 10, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Even though many employers have dumped their defined benefit pensions in favor or a defined contribution program, one suburban Fort Lauderdale community has...

October 10, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While it probably will cost more than $2 an hour and full access to the frig, 73% of American workers trust their boss...

October 10, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Department of Justice (DoJ) has made its case to a federal judge in its effort to shut down Canadian drug import shops.

October 10, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Big brother boss is watching their employees' Internet activities.

October 10, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Phoenix Suns basketball team has agreed to pay more than $100,000 in an out-of-court settlement of a gender bias lawsuit over a...

October 9, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - On the back of a cash compensation rise, median chief executive officer (CEO) total direct compensation increased 5.2%, to $6.99 million, in the...

October 9, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a possible sign of a slowly strengthening job market, unemployed executives did a bit better at capturing a salary equal to or...

October 9, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - It took an average four to five-year recovery period before the personal finances of widows and widowers returned to what they were before...

October 8, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly a quarter of companies participating in a new survey got slapped with a hike in their health-care plan costs of more than...

October 8, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Lawmakers' efforts to add prescription drug coverage to Medicare would lead to more employers dropping retiree health coverage, a new study concludes.

October 8, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Expanding its assortment of human resources and payroll outsourcing offerings, Fidelity Investments is rolling out performance management capabilities.

October 7, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employee recognition is still a big thing in the workplace these days and companies have integrated it into their corporate mission and HR...