Benefits

June 14, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Benefit Partners is offering a new critical illness benefit, which generates a payout when an employee contracts a critical illness such as a...

June 13, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - One in five UK defined benefit plans is now closed to new members, with more closures imminent, a new UK study finds.

June 13, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of people signed up for dental benefits is expected to grow by 11% to 194 million by 2005, according to a...

June 12, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The European-Union Commission has kicked off talks with both unions and corporate leaders in an effort to help workers more easily switch jobs...

June 12, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers shell out as much as $2,000 per covered worker per year for direct and indirect costs of poor quality health care -...

June 11, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Dealing with workplace sexual harassment allegations may be more complex than it seems, since women and men evaluate such situations differently, a new...

June 10, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Flexible work schedules continue to top the list of company non-salary benefits practices, according to a new William Mercer study.

June 10, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Multinational companies are gearing up for a legal battle over the differing tax treatment given to European corporate pension plans.

June 10, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The members of Chocolate Workers Local 464 voted overwhelmingly Saturday to approve a new contract with Hershey Foods, ending a six-week strike over...

June 10, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Some 65% of companies provide investment education to retirement plan participants, either on an ongoing basis or when the employees enroll in the...

June 7, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Most insured Americans favor guaranteed benefit health insurance policies and do not want to switch to an employer-based defined contribution plan, a survey...

June 7, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Union workers at Hershey Foods will vote tomorrow on a tentative agreement that could end a six-week strike over health benefits.

June 7, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Milwaukee's new County Executive Scott Walker has asked department heads seeking jobs in his administration to renounce the controversial pension provisions allowed under...

June 5, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Most executives are skeptical that formal company leadership programs to attract, develop and retain leaders are fruitful, a survey finds.

June 5, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The top five common health conditions cost employers more than $180 billion annually in lost productivity, according to a study by AdvancePCS, a...

June 5, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Though employers have added more defined contribution retirement plans, healthcare plans and disability insurance coverage to their benefits packages, unsatisfied employees are demanding...

June 5, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - College-educated women are more likely to work past retirement age than those with only a high school education are, new research shows.

June 4, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Canadian chief information officers predict a net 11% hiring increase for information technology (IT) professionals during the third quarter of 2002, according to...

June 4, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - It's the same old story when it comes to HMO costs and companies' scrambling to pay them.

June 4, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - At one time or another, most people have experienced the deflating feeling from getting a workplace tongue lashing from a supervisor. A recent...