Benefits Manager

The fate of Ohio's contentious new public worker collective bargaining law went to voters Tuesday, wrapping up a campaign that pitted teachers, firefighters and police against Republican leadership in a swing state that often serves as a barometer of the nation's political mood.

Most on Wall Street should expect to see much lower year-end incentive payouts, compared to 2010, which is the second time in four years this has occurred, according to a yearly compensation analysis by Johnson Associates Inc., a New York-based compensation consulting firm.

According to a new report by Lockton Companies, an insurance brokerage firm, health care employers can encourage patient and workplace safety by following 10 steps.

The Principal announced this week that it is rolling out revised materials with fee disclosures for its plan sponsors ahead of the U.S. Department of Labors fee disclosure deadline of April 1, 2012.

The poor economy is having a negative effect on American workers, according to a survey sponsored by MassMutual Retirement Services.

NBA players are facing a Wednesday afternoon deadline to accept the league's current proposal or face a harsher one that calls for rolling back their salaries, and Commissioner David Stern said Monday "the only rational thing to do is for us to make that deal."

Employers advertised more jobs in September than at any other point in the past three years, a hopeful sign that companies may step up hiring.

The Senate voted overwhelmingly Monday to temporarily set aside its partisan standoff over President Barack Obama's jobs plan and move toward giving a modest economic spark to two potent interest groups: veterans and businesses.