Benefits

September 24, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Americans seem to be getting the message about the need to be good health coverage consumers, a new study found.

September 23, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Work/life balances such as flexible scheduling, a variety of child-care offerings and job guarantees for new moms on leave has landed Eli Lilly...

September 23, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly seven out of 10 older Americans in a new survey say they either won't retire or will simply find other work after...

September 23, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors looking to increase participation among their lower income retirement plan participants should direct their attention the "saver's credit" provision of the...

September 23, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new government report indicates that US workplaces are apparently getting safer with the lowest workplace fatality rate in the decade since officials...

September 22, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nine out of 10 (93%) college graduates in the class of 2003 are still struggling to find their first job out of college...

September 22, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Same-sex couples in California now have nearly the same legal rights as their married counterparts, thanks to a bill signed into law by...

September 22, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of Americans covered by employer-sponsored health insurance has dropped dramatically over the past decade - and those that are covered are...

September 19, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In the day and age of double-digit health-care increases, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has pointed its finger at a...

September 19, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Like most business people these days, workers at British phone company Phones 4u have often been buried under e-mails with a scant connection...

September 18, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - General Electric Co. (GE) has announced changes to the equity part of CEO Jeff Immelt's compensation, tying it to the company's ability to...

September 18, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Disgruntled workers now constitute the majority of the workforce, as less than half of all Americans say they are satisfied with their jobs.

September 18, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Escalating health-care costs and financial woes have led Levi Strauss & Co. to hem retiree health benefits and cut off future retirement health...

September 17, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - If it hasn't already, most human resource professionals expect hiring in their company to pick up within the next year.

September 17, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - At 10.6%, even federal employees are not immune to double-digit health-care cost increases next year.

September 17, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Canadian employers see performance measurement and market benchmarking as the most important compensation issues in 2004.

September 16, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Profit sharing and 401(k) plans remain popular investment choices for the majority of eligible employees, even if deferral rates have slipped in recent...

September 16, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - 401(k) participants investing through Schwab's Personal Choice Retirement Account (PCRA) ran with the bulls during the second quarter, taking stronger mutual fund and...

September 16, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - One in five US employers expects to beef up their fourth-quarter hiring, according to the latest Manpower Employment Outlook Survey.

September 16, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Companies that wielded the job-cutting axe during the recession increasingly targeted recently hired managers and executives, a new study found.