Benefits

October 22, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More Canadian companies than ever offer flexible benefits programs and a majority of those are glad they did, according to a new survey.

October 17, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While unscheduled absences are running at the same pace as recent years, only a third of unscheduled days off are because of illness,...

October 17, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly seven of 10 workers in a new poll said they were satisfied with their employer's savings plans while six in 10 felt...

October 17, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Three-quarters of all civilian workers have some form of federal, state or local collective bargaining rights, according to a General Accounting Office report.

October 16, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The glass ceiling that had blocked many women from top positions at Canadian associations has apparently parted, but Canadian female chief executive officers...

October 16, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - Afraid of retribution, employees are reluctant to ask if their company's insurance plan covers treatment of problems with alcohol or drugs, a new...

October 16, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - DuPont & Co. employees will have a new health-care coverage option under a revised benefit plan, the company announced

October 15, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The economy and much more thorough background investigations are leading to longer job search periods for executives, according to Challenger, Gray & Christmas.

October 15, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Small business employers are more often passing benefit premium increases off to their employees than their large business counterparts, according to a new...

October 15, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers are looking at another double-digit increase in health-care costs next year, and barring a significant shift, could see those costs double in...

October 15, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The march of major corporations turning to outside vendors for at least part of their HR/benefits function continued unabated.

October 15, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than half of account transactions by participants in plans serviced by American Express Retirement Services take place on the Internet, the service...

October 10, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Sony Electronics is the latest large employer to embrace human resource outsourcing, having tapped Hewitt Associates to provide HR technology and operations services.

October 10, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - On the whole, HR executives aren't very happy campers, according to a new survey.

October 9, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A significantly larger number of defined contribution retirement plans are offering investment education to their retirees, a new survey found.

October 9, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 1998 suicide of a 52-year-old Japanese construction manager is now being recognized as stemming from overwork and is now classified as an...

October 8, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The rate of retirement plan participation among full-time private-sector workers 25 to 64 years old fell during 2001, a study found.

October 8, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Even though many venture investors have become increasingly tight-fisted with their money, they're still willing to pay a premium to keep quality managers...

October 8, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An employee at a Kansas City-area company got the ax last week after complaining to the company chief executive about the executive's brother's...

October 8, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Massachusetts state pension fund harms women in the state by discouraging retirees from structuring their benefits to protect their spouse if widowed,...