Benefits Manager

Millions of Americans will continue to receive long-term unemployment benefits under legislation approved Friday in Congress, but the scope of the program is being scaled back to cover fewer people by the end of the year.

A united House Republican leadership surrendered crisply and cleanly on legislation to extend expiring payroll tax cuts for 160 million Americans, skipping most if not all of the self-defeating drama that accompanied their far noisier retreat on the same issue late last year. In doing so, they helped avert an...

Fifty-seven percent of workers age 60 and over say they plan on looking for new employment after retiring, meaning retirement might no longer mark the end of ones career, according to a new study.

Congress has passed legislation renewing a payroll tax cut for 160 million workers and jobless benefits for millions more, backing the main items on President Barack Obama's jobs agenda in a rare burst of Washington bipartisanship.

A round-up of the weeks employee benefits news, reports and controversy from around the web

A look at how the package would be financed

The American Legion believes the Obama administration has broken its promise to keep Americas Armed Forces the best trained, best led, best-equipped fighting force in history by cutting the 2013 U.S. Department of Defense budget by 8 percent from 2012.

Most Americans plan to save or invest their 2011 tax refunds, according to a TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. survey.