Benefits

July 14, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employees are retiring from the state of Colorado in droves.

July 14, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The market for mid-to-upper level managers and professionals has cooled off after a slight surge earlier in the year.

July 14, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal officials have proposed exempting from a federal age discrimination law employer decisions to cut or eliminate retiree health benefits when workers become...

July 11, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While the majority of Americans do not doubt affirmative action policies giving women and minorities preferences in the workplace have had their benefits,...

July 11, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An arbitrator has determined that last year's layoffs at Verizon Communications were inappropriate, adding more pressure on the company to talk with its...

July 10, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More companies than ever before are turning to short-term incentives, such as bonuses and other reward programs, to compensate technology workers versus a...

July 10, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite the sluggish economy holding down IT salary increases in general, those with in-demand skills are getting more generous compensation, according to a...

July 9, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Five former Polaroid employees have sued the company, claiming that Polaroid violated ERISA by severing their long-term disability benefits last year.

July 9, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US life sciences companies have continued to compensate senior managers for delivering on their promises by linking compensation to theirs and the firm's...

July 8, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Corporate Web sites are no stranger to organizational mission statements and commercial history books, but employee compensation and benefit information represents the brave...

July 7, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Health care plans across the board continue to outpace inflation at monumental rates, as double-digit rate increases are no longer uncommon among all...

July 7, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In yet another example of an increasingly common trend, lesbian and gay employees of the Fulton County (Georgia) government can now get government...

July 7, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US management accountants enjoyed an average 5.3% salary increase in 2002 to $83,235, according to an industry group study.

July 7, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While most executives appear to be singularly focused on their careers, a growing number are equally focused on their lives outside of work...

July 7, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than a quarter (27%) of American workers can now be categorized as "teleworkers," a status that appears to yield help in balancing...

July 7, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new study released by Northeastern University last week confirms what many have mumbled under their breath for years - anyone can be...

July 7, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The purchasing pool for prescription drugs set up by Vermont, Michigan and South Carolina is already experiencing Medicaid savings of 25% to 50%.

July 3, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A lawsuit that would block the Big Easy from offering benefits to unmarried domestic partners of city employees has been filed by a...

July 3, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Salaried employees at CIGNA Corp will be receiving smaller paychecks in 2004 - but not a reduction in salary - due to a...

July 2, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Eight out of 10 employees have some level of preparedness for searching for a new job should they suddenly lose their current position.