Employee Benefits

Companies don’t have any general moral obligation to pay more than the market dictates, but it often makes good business sense.

With decades to go until retirement, young workers can afford to invest aggressively.

A reader asks if she can use her FSA to help cover her grandsons' dental costs.

Employee benefits expert Jack VenDerhei tells Kiplinger how one-time year-end employer contributions may affect savers' returns.

Getting answers to these key questions will boost your odds of a secure future.

Diversify your investment allocation, and diversify the tax treatment that will apply to those assets when it comes time for withdrawals.

Shift to a more conservative investing strategy as your retirement date gets closer.

If you're thinking about making changes to your health benefits, here's what you should know.

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Size up your choices during open-enrollment season.

Until 2014, staying insured with a pre-existing condition will depend on what state you live in.

To reduce risks and costs of pension plans, some companies are offering lump sums to former employees and retirees currently getting monthly pension payments.

The two major presidential candidates are blaming each other for the outsourcing they say has moved American jobs abroad. Who is responsible?

If your pension plan gives you a lump sum option, get two or three opinions before taking the money.

Companies that discover pension overpayments can demand participants pay back the money or see their future benefits slashed.

Why teacher retirement plans often flunk -- and how to raise the grade.

Hospitals and health companies skilled at cost containment will reap the biggest rewards from the Affordable Care Act.

As businesses and consumers prepare for new insurance rules, Republicans in Congress will try to overturn the health care law.

The number of Americans out of work for a full year or longer reached an all-time high last year. It's declining now, but very slowly. The cost to both those out of work and those who are employed is high.

The long ascent of women workers has been hard-fought, and vestiges of male privilege remain.

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When bankruptcy buffets a pension plan, benefits usually take a hit.

No matter how the Supreme Court handles President Obama's reform law, the approach to medical insurance will be remade.

Pensions used to be a reliable stream of retirement income, but these twists and turns could put a pension benefit in jeopardy.

Forthcoming reforms from the Employee Benefits Security Administation should help employees make better-informed 401(k) choices.

It's not uncommon for a pension plan's sponsoring organization to give the trustees general guidance on unacceptable investments.

Bucking the 401(k) trend, one union moves to a new type of defined-benefit plan in which employers and employees share the risk.

Though the risk of a spike in energy prices looms, there's mounting evidence that this time, economic recovery is for real.

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It's an employer's market, and will be for some time.

State workers say hello to 401(k) plans and so long to automatic cost-of-living boosts.

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An increase in the long-term unemployed is another bad sign.

Customize your selections to save money and maximize coverage.

The goal isn’t to please everyone but to attract and retain talented staff. This can be accomplished with different approaches.

Corporate pensions went from holding $250 billion in excess funds to being underfunded.

A middle ground must be found between conflicting obligations.

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Your job could translate into savings on clothes, computers and movies.

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Absent a mandatory 401(k), those who don't plan for their retirement will surely be a burden on others.