Benefits

May 27, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than a quarter (28%) of managers are planning to take more vacation time this year than last, according to a new survey...

May 27, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Most employers say their current health plans are not helping them reduce costs - and they are looking for alternatives that can fill...

May 27, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 40-hour workweek is a thing of the past for nearly two-thirds of US workers, as longer hours and foregone vacations add up...

May 27, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New college graduates with accounting degrees have seen starting salary offers increase 2.6% in 2003.

May 27, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Growth in bundling of defined benefit and defined contribution offerings is moving up market at a rapid rate - even more rapidly than...

May 23, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The direct cost of claims from work-related injuries and illnesses has grown by 2.5% between 1998 and 2000, to $42.5 billion, after adjusting...

May 23, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Few Americans older than 44 have a long-term care (LTC) insurance policy even though most agree it is important, a new study found.

May 23, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -The US Department of Labor (DoL) has proposed new rules to clarify the requirements for notices under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA)...

May 22, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Independent insurance agents are being forced to look long and hard at their staff raises this year in the face of health-care increases.

May 22, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A traffic controller in Sydney, Australia has sued his former employer for unfair dismissal after he was notified by a company director via...

May 22, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - HR personnel handling payroll should be among the first to see effects of a $350-billion tax cut plan expected to pass Congress and...

May 21, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Coca-Cola Co. is allegedly engaged in deceptive marketing, deceptive accounting practices, and peddling tainted products, according to a former employee's recently filed lawsuit.

May 21, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly half of the largest 245 newspapers in the country now offer a Web only, help wanted advertising option for employers placing recruitment...

May 21, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With Americans living longer while coping with concerns about their dwindling retirement savings, the number of people at least 65 years old who...

May 20, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new study by a New Jersey organizational consultant found that male corporate leaders were more interested in power and control than their...

May 20, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - ComPsych Corporation, a Chicago-based employee-counseling company, has seen first hand the many and varied stresses on today's workers.

May 19, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of US employers offering health insurance benefits to same-sex domestic partners rose by 16% last year.

May 19, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As has been the case in other states, the state of Montana has gotten a tepid reaction at best from public employees to...

May 19, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Not surprisingly, the SARS epidemic remains a deep concern for 20% of companies affected globally and seven out of 10 in Asia, according...

May 19, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Defense contractor Northrop Grumman plans to join the growing rolls of employers offering domestic partner benefits next year.