Benefits

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 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...

January 10, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A 50-something National Steel Corp. retiree with 30 years of service could lose an average $315 in monthly pension benefits as part of...

January 9, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A security guard injured after being head-butted at a Hooters corporate Christmas party was awarded over $860,000 by a San Diego jury, according...

January 9, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Court documents unsealed on Tuesday show Merck & Co may have used its subsidiary, pharmacy-benefits manager (PBM) Medco, to sharply increase the market...

January 9, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Financial services industry chief executive officers enjoyed a 16% cash compensation hike last year while chief financial officers got 5% more in their...

January 8, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Benefits managers fleeing to other health benefit options and HMOs dropping their Medicare plans have led to a drop in Ohio HMO enrollment...

January 8, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Seventy-one percent of small-business owners feel supplemental insurance enhances the overall benefits package, but nearly half admit to having little or no knowledge...

January 8, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Spending on health care soared to $1.4 trillion dollars in 2001, according to a Reuters report.

January 8, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As many as 31,000 Lucent Technology retirees will see their death benefits eliminated, as the struggling telecommunication company continues to cut costs, according...

January 8, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - General Electric officials contend that the company's health benefits package holds up well in comparison to its competitors

January 7, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Enrollment in Florida HMOs continued their wane in the first half of 2002, declining 6.6%, after seeing a decrease of 2.2% in 2001,...

January 7, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of large employers that offer a consumer-directed health care (CDH) plan should quadruple in 2003, a survey found.

January 7, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In an effort to spur its members' use of generic drugs, one of the nation's largest health insurers is cutting generic drug prices...

January 7, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nine out of 10 respondents to a survey said corporate managers are more likely to communicate via e-mail than in a one-on-one meeting....

January 7, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Online auction house eBay will begin offering health care coverage to people who make a living selling goods on the bidding Web site,...

January 7, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In response to rising health care costs, 14,000 members of General Electric's (GE) International Union of Electronic, Electrical, Salaried, Machine and Furniture Workers-Communications...

January 6, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The best company to work for also appears to be the one that doesn't lay workers off, according to an annual ranking by...