Benefits

January 20, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While benefits issues have enjoyed a refreshing prominence on the legislative agenda in recent years, Congress is still largely clueless about the topic,...

January 17, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More and more Massachusetts retirees are expected to turn to the government for help through Medicare as incomes increasingly fall short of their...

January 17, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - AT&T Corp. has put off managers' merit pay hikes and has instituted a management-hiring freeze because of the economy and telecommunications industry problems.

January 17, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - If you're not able to adjust the office temperature to a reasonable level, it could be because that plastic thermostat box on the...

January 16, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Some jobless Oregon residents will soon be able to get their unemployment benefits from their local US Bank ATM.

January 16, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - If you're lucky enough to have Monday off to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day this year, you'll have more company than before.

January 15, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A state court may amend a domestic relations order (DRO) so that a pension plan can provide survivor pension benefits to the plan...

January 15, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While health care costs have been increasing at a breakneck pace, employers have maintained the same percentage of overall employee costs, according to...

January 15, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The National Job Shadow Coalition is using the occasion of its next Job Shadow Day January 31 to release a survey of students...

November 15, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hershey Foods Corp. workers who walked off their jobs last spring aren't eligible for unemployment compensation payments for the period, the Pennsylvania Department...

January 14, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite a tough market, a soft economy, and an ensuing drop in overall participation rates, some employers have been able to generate -...

January 14, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers in a recent survey said their health-care costs should jump 15% in 2003 - far ahead of the 8% they say they...

January 14, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A well-known Democratic Congressman is stepping into the continuing battle over the level of pension benefits for 10,000 National Steel retirees and another...

January 14, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Prescription Benefit Managers (PBM) produce savings of up to 47% for federal employees obtaining prescription medications in retail pharmacies, according to a Government...

January 14, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Abbott Laboratories Inc has announced 34,000 workers salaries will be frozen, allowing the company to focus on the launch of its new rheumatoid...

January 14, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employee health screenings are among the best-attended wellness programs, according to a survey conducted by the Wellness Program Management Advisor and Wellness Junction...

January 14, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nine states and the District of Columbia are joining forces, forming a nonprofit group to combat the escalating costs of prescription benefit managers...

January 13, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An employee of General Motors Corp (GM) has sued the automaker for a violation of the Michigan Whistleblowers Protection Act of 1980, after...

January 10, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fifty-two percent of HR professionals surveyed anticipate layoffs in 2003, with 11% expecting layoffs to affect in excess of 20% of their workforce,...

January 10, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A US bankruptcy judge has ordered temporary 13% pay cuts for United Airlines' unionized machinists, buying the airline more time to negotiate broad...