Employee-Paid

Old strategies for open enrollment communication aren't working anymore.

Fitch Ratings said Tuesday it will keep its rating on U.S. debt at the highest grade, AAA, and issued a "stable" outlook, meaning it expects the rating to stay there.

A five-year labor deal that would freeze wages for three years for 66,000 union members in New York but would avoid hundreds of layoffs was approved Monday night, the union and Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's office announced.

Hundreds of red-shirted Verizon Communications Inc. workers in New York interrupted their strike Monday to attend a ceremony honoring a colleague who was fatally injured on a picket line 22 years ago.

Some say that life insurance is, well, boring; it lacks the sizzle of a long-term care policy or critical illness product. Even so, life insurance of all stripes remains relevant and vital to todays employee.

Voluntary benefits likely wont be going away any time soon, especially with HHS and health reform presenting a challenging health care environment. Voluntary benefits are popular because they work, and people like them.