Benefits

September 9, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While Americans could have been excused for falling into a deep post-9/11 funk, a new study by a disability insurance carrier found that...

September 9, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Increases across the compensation board hit 27-year lows in 2003, as even the recent run of variable pay gains dropped off since gaining...

September 8, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The perception baby boomers have about where they stand in preparation for retirement versus the reality of where they are at is still...

September 8, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Unemployed Americans are spending 32% longer to find work since the September 11 terrorist attacks and 20% have to settle for less than...

September 8, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Eliminating Social Security numbers from employee health care records has earned International Business Machines Corp (IBM) the gold medal in workplace privacy.

September 8, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Looking for the human resources functions that have the most potential for impact on the bottom line, technology companies are eyeing leadership challenges...

September 5, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With workplace giving donations to charity drives other than the United Way up 36% between 1996 and 2001, a new report by a...

September 5, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Holding a professional certification apparently does more than add to an employee's working knowledge - it also adds to their paycheck.

September 4, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Durham County North Carolina has just become the latest member of the ever-expanding group of government entities offering same-sex domestic partner benefits.

September 4, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Following the lead set by employers throughout the country, New York state employers are cutting benefits and putting more of the cost of...

September 4, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of employees teleworking from home at least one day per month has gone up 40% in the past two years.

September 4, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While Canadian employers are at a consensus that regular employee benefit communication is important, many have not yet implemented an effective communiqué program.

September 4, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new sweeping California law requiring companies to either offer employee health coverage or contribute to a statewide insurance pool could be derailed...

September 3, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A group of pharmacy-benefit managers (PBM) plan to file a lawsuit in Maine in an effort to block disclosure legislation from going into...

September 3, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The group of four major pharmacy benefit managers (PBM) is about to become three with the announced purchase of Advance PCS by Caremark...

September 3, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Human Resource professionals have a new method of communicating the value of pay and benefits programs to employees from Authoria Inc.

September 3, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors have not given up on 401(k) participation yet, as many lure participants with a new siren's song of improved diversification, retained...

September 2, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The level of loyalty that employees in the US have toward their employer continues to be low, as two-thirds said they do not...

September 2, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Preliminary results show plan sponsors can expect another year of double-digit health-care cost increases in 2004, although the coming year's bite is not...

September 2, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - If one is looking for the most productive workers in the world, there is no need to look any further than employees in...