Benefits Manager

The South Dakota Retirement System approved a 3.1 percent cost of living increase for its retirees on Tuesday after strong investment earnings during the past fiscal year.

The repeal of Ohio's collective bargaining law has no immediate credit impact on the state or its local governments, according to an analysis by a top ratings agency.

Proposed changes to the military retirement system have made many men and women in uniform rethink their government benefits. A

The U.S. Postal Service said Tuesday it has lost $5.1 billion in the past year, pushing it closer to imminent default on a multibillion-dollar payment and to future bankruptcy as the weak economy and increased Internet use drive down mail volume.

According to research conducted by the Mayo Clinic, a smoke-free workplace can reduce the numbers of heart attacks.

If all employees had access to paid sick days, it could save $1 billion in yearly medical costs, according to a report released by the Institute for Women's Policy Research.

Opponents of Republican Gov. Scott Walker, spurred by anger over his successful push to remove nearly all collective bargaining rights from most public workers, blanketed Wisconsin on Tuesday to launch an unprecedented effort to gather 540,000 signatures and force a recall election.

Current and former Walmart workers are using Occupy Wall Street camps to voice their frustration over recent benefit cuts and to show how Walmart heirs are the faces of the "1%."