Benefits

November 20, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Health plan workers received median base pay raises of 5.4% this year, compared with just 3.6% for a broader group of health care...

November 20, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US companies spent $54 billion on formal training this year, with nearly two-thirds (64%) dedicated to the salaries of in-house trainers, according to...

November 16, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employees are increasingly "giving" at the office - and then some, according to a new report. Forty percent put in overtime or take...

November 16, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Average monthly premiums for state employee HMO's rose 9.3% last year, compared with just 4.7% for point of service (POS) plans, according to...

November 14, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly half - 44% - of the increase in health care costs last year were associated with pharmaceutical costs, according to a new...

November 13, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New ergonomics standards from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) could be issued today - but the controversial measure is currently embroiled...

November 10, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The most common mistake made in filing handwritten Forms 5500 is that plan sponsors forget to sign the form, according to Carl Walston,...

November 8 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers may have to ante up a bit more for those college grads this year, with the average starting salary now topping $37,000/year, up...

November 6, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The defined contribution balance "gender gap" between the sexes has narrowed somewhat in recent years, due largely to increased savings of middle-aged women.

November 3, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A growing number (39%) of Americans believe health care has worsened in the past five years, but 43% of those that have actually...

November 2, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - General Motors and DaimlerChrysler's Chrysler unit are the latest to connect their employees with the Internet, as part of a broad deal with...

November 2, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participants are getting more choices, with 12.4 the average number of investment options now offered according to a new survey that also revealed...

October 31, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While higher level strategic responsibilities are being added to the HR professional's job, over half (56.7%) still cite retention and recruitment as their...

October 26, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors are more likely to have an investment policy, conduct annual plan reviews and condition fees on performance, according to a new...

October 24, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers should be planning for a 10-13% increase in healthcare costs next year, the third year of double-digit increases in a row. Employers...

October 22, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In the midst of a national debate over healthcare concerns, a letter suggesting IBM might decrease retiree health care coverage has stirred up...

October 23, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Unscheduled employee absenteeism cost employers $610/employee last year, up slightly from $602 a year ago, despite a drop in the average rate of...

October 23, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Dot-coms cut jobs at a record pace in the past month, and were up 18% from a month ago according to outplacement firm...

October 22, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An overwhelming 84% of large employers say they spend too much time managing day-to-day health benefits, according to a new survey.

October 19, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Management involvement can have a significant impact on worker absences, reducing the rate by as much as 74% according to a new survey,...