Cost-Containment

Every day, human resource (HR) professionals face a world with many challenging responsibilities that often are overwhelming. One of these areas is the oversight and administration of employee benefit programs. HR strives to provide benefits that help employees with their health care protection needs and educational programs to keep them...

Southwest Airlines workers who load planes are protesting in Chicago over what they say is the company's plan to outsource some of their jobs.

As the average U.S. weight rises, so do the costs of obesity.

Rough economic times are forcing Americans to put health care on hold.

Do you ever wish you could be a fly on the wall when the other side is meeting to talk about health reform?

Employers face the task of figuring out how to offer benefits without exposing themselves to claims that could destroy their bottom lines or even their companies.

The "use-or-lose" rule is open for comments. That's good news for the millions of Americans who use tax-advantaged accounts to cut down expenses on health care as well as for benefits managers and administrators of tax-advantaged accounts.

The head of a typical public company made 6 percent more than last year, the second year in a row of increases - and the highest since 2006.