If the popularity of retail gift cards are any indication (a potential $35 billion to $40 billion sold this year, according to Purdue Retail Institute -- and those are just holiday sales), they may be a valuable way to show your employees how

The Newport Group is the latest company to reach out to its Spanish-speaking community with a Spanish language Web site and materials. The Orlando-based retirement services firm now offers enrollment kits in Spanish, and bilingual benefit and

Ameritas Group has been awarded Health Utilization Management accreditation from URAC, a health care accrediting organization that establishes quality standards for the health care industry. "By applying for and receiving Health Utilization

Between parties, travel plans and the dreaded trips to the mall, holidays are a naturally stressful time -- throw in a global economic crisis and productivity is bound to suffer. According to Purdue Retail Institute, the busiest time for online

As the trifecta of holiday madness approaches, maintaining retirement plans can fall by the wayside. Benefit Plans Plus recently published a year-end retirement plan checklist outlining major annual notices plan sponsors are required to give

A recent report by Unum shows that nearly half of the company's group long-term care claimants are under the age of 65 when they become disabled. The third annual report, "Landscape of Long Term Care," found several trends to

According to Unum sales data, Americans are overwhelmingly pushing to age in place, rather than move to a nursing home for care. Not one group long-term care policy was purchased in 2007 to cover care in a nursing home only, the company said in a

The number of pregnancy discrimination charges increased 65 percent from 1992 to 2007. For women of color, the number of charges increased 76 percent between 1996 and 2005. A majority of claims, 53 percent, were from the service, reta