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The university asserts the federal health care overhaul forcing it to provide health insurance for students and employees that covers birth control contravenes its teachings.

The D.C. Council has given preliminary approval to an increase in the District of Columbia's minimum wage to $11.50 an hour, one of the nation's highest.

Indiana school districts which invested in a failed union health insurance plan will be getting back roughly half of the money they lost.

A federal appeals court has ruled that employers can require their workers to sign arbitration agreements waiving all rights to class action lawsuits over workplace grievances.

Aetna, in announcing its accountable care agreement with PinnacleHealth System of Harrisburg, Pa., noted that the agreement is part of its initiative to reward top-performing medical practices by sending them more covered employees.

This surge in corporate beneficence isn't an indication that employers are becoming kinder and gentler: It's about the bottom line.