Tag Archives: Employee Fringe Benefits

A decade ago, Boeing stopped offering the gold standard of pension plans — one that pays out guaranteed sums to retirees. The loss of the pension still angers many members of the company’s largest union. On Wednesday, the union’s members voted by a large margin to reject an improved contract …

As higher education becomes ever more expensive, some states are giving employers incentives to contribute to 529 college savings accounts for their workers. Fifteen percent of employers with 500 or more employees now help workers fund 529 plans, either by letting them deposit their own money through paycheck deductions or …