Benefits

September 29, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Thanks to an increase in employer-sponsored health coverage, the total number of uninsured Americans fell for the first time in 12 years, according...

September 21, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Congress is willing to listen, but is not very knowledgeable about benefits issues, according to a new employer survey. Employers also feel that...

September 20, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Health maintenance organization (HMO) premiums are expected to increase as much as 12% next year, putting additional cost pressures on employers.

September 11, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new Towers Perrin study finds that the implementation of HR transactions of the Web has increased two- to threefold in the past...

September 11, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The average monthly premium for employer-sponsored health insurance rose 8.3% over the past year, the largest increase since 1993 according to a new...

September 6, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employer health care costs are set to increase at double-digit rates, according to a new survey of health insurers, HMOs and third-party administrators...

September 5, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Forty percent of small employers did not offer employee health coverage last year, while nearly all companies with more than 200 workers did...

August 31, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Variable pay continues to expand its popularity among employers, with 78% of surveyed companies now offering at least one variable pay program this...

August 28, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new report from the General Accounting Office found that over half (53%) of working Americans are still not covered by a pension...

August 28, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - According to a new survey, "net-savvy" workers got an 8.5% salary increase in 2000, and had a total compensation package averaging $82,000.

August 25, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A recent survey by the Employment Policy Foundation suggests that proposed ergonomic standards from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) would cost...

August 23, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Dot.compensation shows some signs of maturation, according to a new survey from PricewaterhouseCoopers' Unifi Network.

August 22, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors might want to consider a fresh look at an "old" benefit - automatic payroll deduction for education savings under Section 529...

August 13, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - According to a recent survey, employers are offering more benefits and greater flexibility, in addition to higher salaries, to hold information technology workers.

August 2, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The average annual pay increase for American workers is expected to come in at about 4% in 2001, for the eighth year in...

July 26, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While nearly a third of the Fortune 100 now offer hybrid pension plans, just over half (52%) still offer a traditional pension plan,...

July 21, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Lawmakers from opposite ends of the political spectrum got together to introduce a workplace privacy bill in both the House of Representatives and...

July 19, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Prescription drug costs are expected to increase nearly 25%, and overall medical costs 12.2% over the next year, but most large employers plan...

July 18, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While automatic 401(k) plan enrollment increases employee participation, those participants often leave their investments on "auto-pilot", failing to maximize the benefits of participation,...

July 5, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Rising healthcare costs are already under the microscope at large employers, though proposed changes may not deal with increased employee discontent with their...