Cost-Containment

Are high commuting costs and gas prices concerning you? You're not alone.

A Novo Nordisk study shows that one in five people with diabetes miss almost 15 hours of work per month due to disruption caused by episodes of dangerously low blood sugar, resulting in $2,294 in lost productivity per person, per year.

How health care reform requirements will help human resource managers highlight the value of health care benefits.

According to a new Randstad survey, 33 percent of American workers believe they are overqualified for their current jobs. While this may lead to more turnover, there are things employers can do to mitigate that risk while also finding ways to empower overqualified workers.

A new book, “Pharmacy Benefits: Plan Design and Management,” walks HR professionals through the intricacies of pharmacy benefits and gives guidance and advice on a benefits practitioner's day to day duties.

A new survey suggests employers are looking to employees to help cut rising health care costs, some offering incentives to encourage healthier behavior, or in an opposite defense, implementing penalties if goals are not met.

Employees are stressed out. Not just from work, but from financial concerns too, which take a physical toll on workers, contributing to health-related costs and a decreases in productivity.

Instead of imposing higher co-pays and rolling back health insurance coverage for state employees, Connecticut officials want their workers to get a colonoscopy to help cut costs.