Benefits Manager

Though sweeping regulations helped to clarify many points about the framework needed for state-based health insurance exchanges, experts at actuarial and consulting firm Milliman say there are important questions that still need answers.

If you aren’t sure when to start getting colonoscopies and mammograms, just think family history.

United Continental Holdings Inc. said on Thursday that it will issue notes to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. under a series of payouts that could eventually total $500 million.

Echoing President Barack Obama's warning, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says Social Security payments would stop if there is no deal to raise the government's borrowing limit by Aug. 2.

Until recently, the Minneapolis-based discounter largely had avoided the labor disputes and public relations challenges that have plagued Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer. But now Target could face the same union opposition as its much bigger rival.

With time running short to keep the NFL's preseason completely intact, owners and player representatives met Thursday at a Manhattan law firm to try and overcome the remaining obstacles to ending the fourth-month-long lockout.

Fewer people sought unemployment benefits last week, an encouraging sign the job market may be slowly improving.

As companies battle strained budgets during the recession, more and more are offering innovative perks to keep employees engaged, particularly as traditional employee benefit costs continue to rise.