Despite the economic downturn and a widely held belief that the country is heading into another recession, benefit plan participants are committed to saving money for retirement, according to the Mercer Workplace Survey.

Public sector employees prefer defined benefit pensions over 401(k)-type defined contribution individual accounts, according to a study released today by the National Institute on Retirement Security and Milliman Inc.

More effectively communicating the value of disability income protection to younger workers can obviously help them understand their needs but can also help in meeting employers employee retention and productivity objectives.

In Dallas earlier this week, I listened to Harvard researcher Shawn Achor talk about misconceptions (mine included) of happiness. The conventional idea is that if we work hard well be more successful, and if we're more successful, well be happy. Apparently, were all wrong.

Hoping to revive his flagging bid for the Republican presidential nomination, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is calling for an overhaul of the way Americans pay taxes and buy health care and would allow young people to opt out of the Social Security system.

A think tank is predicting a "silver tsunami" in the next decade as baby boomers begin to reach age 65 in large numbers in New Hampshire and shift more health care costs to public programs such as Medicare and Medicaid.

Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder's administration said Wednesday it plans to save the state money by requiring unionized state workers to take at least four unpaid furlough days off and by introducing legislation requiring them to contribute to their defined benefit retirement plans if they want to keep them.

A Pittsburgh company must restore $67,138 in plan assets and interest to its employee retirement plan, according to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.