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More than 300 companies, including 80 of the nations largest businesses, have signed a White House pledge to develop initiatives for hiring and recruiting the long-term unemployed.

Mercer's questions on employee satisfaction with benefits revealed a harsh truth about employer-sponsored health coverage.

Enrollment websites are not the only source of consumer and broker anguish.

The House Committee on Small Business in the fall held a hearing on the state of retirement savings for small employers, noting administrative complexity and costs could discourage many businesses from offering the benefit.

Health Savings Account limits will either rise marginally or remain where they are for the next two years. Or so says HSA guru Roy Ramthun.

Unions picked up 280,000 members from the private sector last year, a 4 percent bump, as construction and manufacturing, among other industries, saw recovery from the recession.