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Contributions to 401(k) plans increased in the last year, Principal Financial found in a survey last fall of 1,159 employees and 529 retirees.

Work environment may be one of the biggest factors affecting the well-being of U.S. employees, according to research released last fall at EBN's 23rd Annual Benefits Forum & Expo.

Most employers are aware that Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code requires all forms of nonqualified deferred compensation plans to be amended and restated prior to Dec. 31, 2008.

If you're a dessert lover like me, you may have celebrated at the news that Mark Haub, a Kansas State University nutrition professor, lost 27 pounds and lowered his cholesterol levels by eating a 10-week diet of mostly Twinkies and Doritos and adding no extra exercise.

Have you ever tried to speak with your teenagers about saving money?

Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) treatments are all the rage lately for consumers, and many carriers are catching on to the trend by offering discounts on or coverage of certain benefits.

The shift to health consumerism hasn't escaped dental benefits. And if health care costs continue to squeeze benefit budgets, then more employers might start turning to voluntary dental plans.

Employers have taken on new aggression toward cutting prescription benefit costs while enhancing quality of coverage. Even in a dark economy and among confounding health care reform legislation, prescription benefit managers are having success with new benefit tactics and evidence-based value design.

Last July, the Department of Labor issued the 408(b)(2) interim final regulation on fee disclosure for pension plans. The rule is designed to help plan sponsors and fiduciaries determine whether the fees and compensation they pay the plan's service providers are reasonable.

I just had to write after reading your editorial, "If our only options are 'work indefinitely, live poor or die,' is it time to riot?" (EBN December 2010), and had to comment.