Staffing Management

Dear Workforce How Much Support Staff Should We Employ?

How do I use benchmarks to determine if my support departments are staffed properly?

Legal

Study Few Discrimination Suits Filed as Class Actions

The American Bar Foundation study, which covers employment discrimination cases filed i...

Legal

Senate Amendment Would Extend COBRA Subsidy

The revamped tax bill that Senate Democrats unveiled Tuesday, like the House-passed mea...

Benefits

Gains Appear in U.S. Corporate Retirement Plan Assets

Corporate defined-benefit plan assets totaled $2.17 trillion as of March 31, up 3.1 per...

Benefits

Investment Help Pays Off, Study Finds

People who use professional help to manage their 401(k) plans get higher returns than t...

Legal

Senate Tax Bill Omits COBRA Subsidy Extension

In March, the Senate approved a tax bill, H.R. 4213, extending the subsidy to employees...

Benefits

Most Employers to Wait to Cover Adult Children

The law requires the extension to be made on the first day of the plan year starting af...

Compliance

Study Wall Street Compensation Took a Nose Dive in 2009

Real average annual wages in the city’s securities industry dropped 21.5 percent to $31...