The National Institute on Retirement Security released a study last week that analyzed six state pension plans that remained well-funded through the recession. The purpose of the study was to learn what best practices exist to keep plans financially strong.

The Financial Research Corp. announced that it expected IRA rollover contributions to total $2 trillion between 2011 and 2015.

47 percent of employees use Facebook daily or weekly for personal reasons; 7 percent use it for business.

Almost two-thirds of civilian workers in the United States have access to an employer-sponsored health care plan, as well as an employer-sponsored retirement plan.

When the price of care in their neighborhood is too high, recession weary patients are travelling much shorter distances to be treated.

57 percent of large employers (those with more than 1,000 workers) use auto-enrollment in their 401(k) plans.

Colonial Life surveyed employee benefits brokers in June to find what brokers felt were the most important qualities in a voluntary benefits carrier.

According to the 2010 Consumer Benchmark Survey, over 76 percent of respondents had an HSA-compatible health care plan. Of those, nearly 85 percent also had an HSA.