Benefits Manager

Four unions representing Southern Illinois University at Carbondale workers and teaching staff have filed notice they may strike.

To avoid a penalty or other consequences under health care reform, employers should start reviewing benefit and severance arrangements with their executive employees.

The Vermont Senate has passed a bill designed to put the state on a path toward a universal, single-payer health care system.

I think it’s easy for us to forget that HR is often the single most important touchstone for the average American worker when it comes to either medical or retirement advice.

A report this week found that the United States has the highest percentage of single parents in industrialized countries, and lacks family care policies for employees such as child care at work, and paid parental leave, a standard benefit in other countries.

A proposal to renew a fee on Tennessee hospitals designed to avoid millions of dollars in TennCare cuts is headed to the governor.

Should electronic disclosure requirements for employee benefit plans be changed? The answer is yes. And no. And maybe so.

A new study shows that a cheaper drug for a common eye disease is as effective as a more expensive one approved for the condition.