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Saving for retirement remains difficult for many employees
March 18, 2010Americans’ confidence in their ability to retire appears to be stabilizing, according to the Employee Benefit Research Institute.
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Most large employers comply with mental health parity law, Hewitt finds
March 12, 2010A recent survey of 70 Fortune 500 employers that offer mental health benefits found that none of the companies eliminated their mental health or substance abuse coverage because of the 2008 Mental Health Parity Act.
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Voluntary industry confidence index continues to rebound
March 4, 2010Confidence in the future of the voluntary industry continues to rebound, according to the latest annual Voluntary Industry Confidence Index conducted by Eastbridge Consulting Group.
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Gen Y-ers value benefits, job security
February 25, 2010Despite the fact that three out of four Generation Y workers (those between 22 and 33 years old) feel secure in their jobs, more than 70% are very concerned about their finances and have set the goal of daily money management and budgeting, according to a study by Fidelity Investments.
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Inertia, anxiety still rule the day for 401(k) participants
February 18, 2010More than two-thirds of 401(k) plan participants (68%) have not made any savings or investment changes to their accounts in response to the financial crisis, choosing instead to “ride it out,” a new study has found.
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Annual survey of HR buyers’ behavior underscores the importance of being online
February 12, 2010Among buyers of HR products and services, about one-third begin their search for a vendor or service provider by searching the Internet, according to an annual survey conducted by HRmarketer.com.
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Educators could use more of their own medicine in retirement approach
February 5, 2010Those who make a living educating others to think analytically and learn lessons from history aren’t exactly taking a page from their own book when it comes to retirement strategy, according to a recent ING Web-based survey.
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Wellness programs linked to employee engagement, retention
February 1, 2010Employees are eight times more likely to be engaged in their work when their employers make wellness a priority, according to a white paper from Right Management, a subsidiary of Manpower Inc.
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Membership continues to fall at top health plans
January 26, 2010The recession and high unemployment continue to take a toll in terms of declining membership, as the nation’s leading health insurers saw membership fall through the third quarter of 2009.
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Employers’ satisfaction with health insurers is declining, PWC study finds
January 21, 2010Employers are less satisfied with their health carriers today, according to a new study by PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Health Research Institute. Among large employers, satisfaction has dropped to 59%, down significantly from 64% in 2008. Among small employers, the figure remained steady — but low — at 52%.
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Wellness programs’ role in retention cited by nearly half of U.S. workers
January 15, 2010Are wellness programs an effective employee retention tool? The results of a poll released Jan. 14 suggests that they are. In all, 45% of the employees surveyed said they would stay at their jobs longer because of the wellness programs their employers offered.
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Median tenure remains stable through quarter century
January 12, 2010So much for reminiscing about the good old days, when many workers held one stable job throughout their careers.
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Does your retirement planning software make the grade?
January 4, 2010The performance of retirement planning software, including programs used by financial advisers, came up short in a new study sponsored by the Society of Actuaries and the Actuarial Foundation.
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Employers look to brokers, consultants for reform coverage
December 29, 2009Eight out of 10 employers — regardless of company size or whether they even offer medical benefits — are keeping on top of developing health care reform legislation, according to new research from MetLife.
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Most DC plan sponsors stuck with their employer matches this year
December 23, 2009As of October, more than three-fourths of defined contribution plan sponsors (76.8%) had decided not to change their employer matching contributions in 2009, according to the Profit Sharing/401k Council of America.
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