Benefits

January 2, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The average starting salary for administrative professionals will rise just 0.4% this year, but a lot depends on what the job entails, according...

January 2, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In 1999 Paid time off was the most prevalent benefit offered by private employers to their workers, according to data from the Bureau...

January 2, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In 1999, some 48% of employees in private establishments were offered a retirement plan by their employers, data from the Bureau of Labor...

January 2, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Workers in the healthcare sector will make real economic gains in 2002 - their salaries are expected to outpace inflation this year, increasing...

January 2, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employees who are actively job searching or would jump on a lucrative offer are, job scanners, who represent 'a potential time bomb' for...

December 31, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fewer laid-off technology workers hit the street in December, with the lowest number of announced monthly firings in 18 months, according to a...

December 31, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US pension funds have gotten pounded in the last two years with assets underperforming liabilities by 37%, according to Ryan Labs Inc.

December 28, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employee-recognition programs are becoming more common, and are likely to become even more so as cash-strapped employers are forced to explore new, low-cost...

December 28, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Professional women with more than two decades of experience in electro-technology and information-technology industries have higher median incomes than their male counterparts, a...

December 27, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The performance of the stock market this year has left 401(k) balances substantially thinner than they were during the tech boom, causing those...

December 27, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In identifying its top human resources technology trends for 2002, Watson Wyatt Worldwide examined those that produce tangible bottom-line benefits, finding that trends...

December 27, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Between January and the close of November 2001, companies announced almost 1.8 million job cuts - almost triple the 2000 total and the...

December 27, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of help-wanted advertisements across the country dipped by 2%, from 46 to 45 between October and November, according to the Conference...

December 26, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - After George W. Bush declared the War on Terrorism the US has deployed the largest number of military reservists since the Gulf War...

December 26, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While almost 70% of small business owners sponsor a 401(k) plan, less than half considered more than one retirement-plan alternative, a new survey...

December 24, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) Ford Motor has agreed to a $300,000 settlement of an employment-related racial harassment suit, according to the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). It...

December 24, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) ? Not that there is a standard life insurance policy for 'jolly old elves,' but Northwestern Mutual's underwriters have devoted some time to the...

December 24, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Both the Human Resources and Finance departments are strong players in decisions relating to their organization's retirement plan choice, according to a survey...

December 24, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More plan sponsors are getting with the information age by allowing participants access to around the clock plan information, according to a survey...

December 24, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors may be more paternalistic than is commonly believed and many are liberalizing the eligibility and vesting requirements of their plans, according...