Benefits

July 2, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Exemptions from Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) requirements of providing continuing health coverage will no longer be granted to smaller businesses that...

July 2, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The British government has rolled out proposed legislation aimed at abolishing mandatory retirement ages and banning discrimination on the basis of age in...

July 2, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Threatened with the prospect of shutting its doors, the Lusty Lady Theater is now owned by its unionized stripper workforce.

July 2, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Wal-Mart Stores, long the target of workplace discrimination lawsuits and under pressure from gay rights groups, has brought gay and lesbian employees under...

July 2, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Of the 53.3 million workers covered by some form of retirement savings account, 39.5 million report having a lump-sum distribution option and approximately...

July 2, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly half of those responding to a recent poll by an employee benefits company (47%) said they got more stress from time management...

July 1, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than six out of 10 Americans say they know someone who has been laid off or fired recently, the highest percentage since...

July 1, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While a can of Spam will run you $1 at the local supermarket, the annual per employee cost to your company is approximately...

June 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The federal anti-discrimination agency has charged in a federal court lawsuit that a Tennessee elevator factory owned by a German company discriminated against...

June 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A supervisor at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has been stripped of her duties for one year and suspended without pay for 45...

June 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Health care spending per person in the United States rose to 13.9% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), a spike that only widened...

June 27, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Opponents of a new overtime bill backed by the Bush Administration say that eight million workers could forfeit their right to overtime under...

June 26, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A former employee for a maternity clothier claims she was humiliated, belittled, demeaned and ultimately terminated for being pregnant.

June 26, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and Kraft Food Inc. have reached a settlement in a lawsuit involving allegations that a...

June 26, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has filed a suit against Boeing Co., claiming gender-based harassment and retaliation against a female...

June 26, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The majority of European, Middle Eastern and African (EMEA) companies view their human resource (HR) organizations as strategic partners that add significant value...

June 26, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Large US companies may well lead the nation's job recovery, even though small businesses have traditionally been first to pull out of a...

June 25, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Blood pressure reading going through the roof? New research suggests an unfair boss may be the culprit.

June 25, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participants in health care plans with mental health coverage from CIGNA Behavioral Health will no longer have to get prior approval to see...

June 25, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Workers compensation costs in Texas, California, Massachusetts and Illinois continued to climb at double-digit rates during recent years and spurred increases in overall...