average employer

• Some firms to comply early with dependent coverage provision

  By Jenny Ivy  |  June 8, 2010

  Hewitt's survey of more than 500 large U.S. employers, representing 6.9 million covered employees, shows approximately 950,000 workers will be able to obtain health coverage for these dependents earlier than Jan. 1, 2011.

• Employers preparing to extend coverage to adult dependents

  By Danielle Andrus, AdvisorOne  |  June 8, 2010

  Almost 1 million employers, or 19 percent, plan to extend health care coverage to their employees' adult children before they're required to do so next year, according to new research from Hewitt Associates.