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Workers often call in sick when they arent really sick. Harris Interactive has come up with some gems from the call-in-sick front.

Insurers, employers and individuals are shopping around for health care as they try to tame rising health care costs.

From the office cubicle to factory assembly lines, accommodating bigger workers has become a constant consideration for the countrys employers.

President Barack Obama called on Congress Thursday to finish work on an immigration overhaul by the end of the year, a lofty goal that will be difficult to meet given the staunch opposition of many House Republicans.

EMC, which has 60,000 employees, is one of a growing number of Fortune 500 companies expanding their health care benefits to meet the needs of workers who have "gender dysphoria," the medical term for those who identify themselves as the opposite gender that they were assigned at birth.

The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment benefits dropped 12,000 to a seasonally adjusted 350,000 last week, though the total was elevated for the third straight week by technical problems in California.