Seventy-nine percent of retirement plan sponsors say that it is quite or very important to help participants understand plan fees, according to a new study.
New proposed regulations and revenue rulings from the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the IRS would allow companies to add and simplify annuity options in their 401(k) and other retirement plans.
Given the upcoming 401(k) plan fee disclosures, not to mention existing and ongoing fiduciary responsibilities to ensure reasonable plan fees, companies sponsoring 401(k) plans need to make sure that the fees they are paying plan vendors are competitive.
High performing companies are up to seven times more effective than lower performing companies in several areas of human capital management, according to a new study.
In many ways, Generation X, which makes up the bulk of companies' key employees, has been overlooked in favor of younger talent. However, companies that ignore the needs of Generation X do so at their peril.
HR expert Joanne Sammer summarizes some of this month’s most important information, including an overview of new benchmarks for 401(k) plan sponsors and recent health care coverage survey results.
As we continue to emerge from the recession, the HR approaches and programs that worked in the past may no longer work in the present and future. This is especially true for a company's employee value proposition.
Most companies know what they want to achieve with their compensation programs. The question is, what mix of pay will help the company to achieve that goal?
