Benefits

November 1, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Only 28% of companies plan to make changes to their base salary budgets for next year, despite the economic downturn and drop in demand,...

November, 2001 - Retirees fear health benefits cutbacks at Big Blue next year

October 31, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Allowing employees to choose health-care coverage much like they choose DC plan investments makes the workers happier because they can customize health insurance...

October 31, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors need to get ready for participants knocking on their door come January, looking for advice on their 401(k) accounts after another...

October 31, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Some 4,849 jobs in the dot.com sector fell under the axe in October, many of them in the travel industry, according to a report...

October 30, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Large US companies are making few major changes to their existing compensation programs, reducing their merit increase budget only slightly, and taking a wait-and-see...

October 30, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Labor Department, citing limited resources, has decided not to weigh in on a lawsuit by AOL "volunteers" who claim they were entitled...

October 29, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An overwhelming 93% of households with computers now have Internet access, and almost a third of these use their PCs to manage their...

October 29, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Multinational companies recognize the importance of controlling costs of their global benefit plans, but many aren't taking full advantage of the available cost-saving...

October 29, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao has scheduled the second of the three National Summits on Retirement Savings for early next year.

October 29, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - If you're nice to your employees, chances are you're also a business success.

October 29, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Segal Company forecasts that retail prescription drug coverage should experience a 19.4% trend rate increase for active members and retirees under age...

October 26, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US organizations will spend nearly $57 billion on training this year, up 5% from the $54 billion spent last year, according to Training...

October 25, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of employees who telecommute in the US increased by almost 17% to 28.8 million over the last year, according to a...

October 25, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) The employment cost index, a gauge of what employers pay in wages, salaries and benefits, increased by 1% in the third quarter of this year,...

October 25, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Almost of plan sponsors in a recent Cigna survey feel unprepared to provide their participants with retirement planning, at a time when participants...

October 24, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participants aren't taking advantage of a number of Medicare education tools, according to a report by Mathematica Policy Research Group.

October 23, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - White, overweight, working women, earn less money than their thinner counterparts, according to new research from Cornell University.

October 22, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Ford Motor Company informed its employees via e-mail that its Model E employee computer plan has been discontinued, according to a report in the...

October 19, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - While many employers are reluctant to cut benefits, in the face of ever-increasing healthcare costs, a growing number plan to take steps to increase...