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Target date funds, the most popular investment option in 401(k) plans, are increasing their exposure to exchange traded funds (ETFs), which are rarely used in retirement savings accounts.

Most employees don’t think they should be required to participate in wellness programs to qualify for employer-provided health insurance, according to a new survey released by the National Business Group on Health. Moreover, they don’t think employers should charge employees more for health coverage if they don’t meet specific health goals.

Should employers be worried about workplace productivity during the Olympics?

Benefits get personal as guest blogger Karrie Andes reflects on the reasons health plan renewal decisions are so important.

As employers brace for significant changes in pension law, they will need to review their impact on minimum-funding contributions, PBGC premiums and current funding-based benefit restrictions, as well as employee communications and funding and investment strategies.

Transamerica Employee Benefits, Corporate Synergies Group, United Benefit Advisors, The Hartford, John Hancock Funds and others recognize employees in this week’s Comings & Goings

House Democrats on Wednesday introduced legislation that would expand the role of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to conduct oversight examinations of investment advisers, a segment of the financial services sector that lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have agreed is under regulated.

Detroit’s mayor recently imposed 10% pay cuts on city workers and found other savings from benefits in a bid to save the city’s cash-strapped coffers $102 million a year.

Altera Corp. and the Internal Revenue Service are battling in U.S. Tax Court over the semiconductor maker’s handling of employee stock-based compensation and a unit in the low-tax Cayman Islands.

A battle is brewing to influence public opinion over the drivers of rising prescription drug benefit costs, cost-containment strategies and the path to meaningful health care reforms.