Benefits

December 18, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Thirty-six percent of baby boomers are not saving for retirement, with 70% saying they intend to rely on Social Security, according to a...

December 18, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US health care industry appears to be the hardest hit by problems in attracting and keeping employees, while the tech sector is...

December 18, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Northwest Airlines is allowing its top executives to trade hundreds of thousands of worthless stock options for shares more likely to be money-makers...

December 17, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The medical care index, a component of the Consumer Price Index (CPI), rose 0.6% in November, according to the US Department of Labor...

December 17, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Worker under the age of 30 are 38% less likely to have calculated the amount of savings necessary for a comfortable retirement than...

December 17, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers say they are better at appraising employees than providing coaching and ongoing performance feedback, the Mercer Effective Performance Management Practices Survey has...

December 17, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new survey of US Latinos shows that they have different views than non-Hispanics about being successful in an American workplace as well...

December 17, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - According to CareerBuilder.com's "On the Job 2002" survey, nearly half (45%) of skilled and hourly workers said it would take less than a...

December 16, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Department of Labor (DoL) has announced the incorporation of 68 additional federal benefit programs to their government benefit information Web site...

December 16, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The latest survey of a national compensation professionals' group found good news and bad news.

December 16, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Contractors doing business with the city of Minneapolis of more than $100,000 will have to give domestic partner benefits to their workers within...

December 16, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employer costs of employee compensation reached $23.44 per hour worked in September 2002, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).

December 16, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Association of Flight Attendants (AFA) won't get another shot at organizing Delta Air Lines flight attendants even though the union complained the...

December 16, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Wage increases for workers in most countries should manage to stay ahead of inflation next year, according to new research.

December 13, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New Jersey companies aggressively shifted the burden of health care costs to their employees in 2002, keeping the cost increase below the national...

December 13, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employer-sponsored medical insurance plans have seen premium increases of up to 50% in the second half of 2002, according to a survey by...

December 13, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A no-show employee can cost an employer a bundle of money regardless of whether those calling in sick are actually ill.

December 13, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Benefits managers evaluating service delivery of their employee health-care plans will soon be armed with a bit more ammunition.

December 13, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fifty-two percent of all adults report their medical out-of-pocket expenses are higher this year, and many place the blame on prescription drug prices...

December 13, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Women are 63% more likely die in traffic accidents on a Friday the 13th than other Fridays during a month, according to new...