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The Obama administration announced new rules Tuesday that set aside billions of dollars in incentive payments to health care professionals and hospitals that adopt qualifying electronic health records over the next five years.

Employers with the best benefits communication had higher levels of satisfaction among their employees.

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.

The survey conducted by Harris Interactive on behalf of Unum showed in 2008, 39 percent of workers gave their benefits education positive ratings. In 2009, that number dropped to 29 percent.

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.