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Reaching a deal that required concessions from state employee unions to help balance Connecticut's state budget has strained the relationships between the workers, union leaders, state lawmakers and Gov. Dannel P. Malloy.

Health insurer WellPoint Inc. said Monday it completed its previously announced acquisition of Medicare Advantage plan provider CareMore Health Group. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

The AFL-CIO hopes to boost its clout by launching a new political action committee that could raise unlimited amounts of money, part of the federation's goal of building a year-round political organizing structure.

If you are selling dental plans as part of your product portfolio, or are considering offering it to your employees, it helps to know why people need good dental care.

Thousands of Southern California grocery workers have voted overwhelmingly to reject a health care proposal from major supermarket chains and authorize their union leaders to call a strike, a spokesman said Sunday.

Considering todays uncertain economic state, U.S. employers are expecting to give employees moderate pay raises in 2012, though they anticipate fully funding annual bonuses for workers in 2011 because of increased corporate profits, according to new Towers Watson survey.

Laid-off workers and aging baby boomers are flooding Social Security's disability program with benefit claims, pushing the financially strapped system toward the brink of insolvency.

Striking Verizon workers plan to return to work on Monday evening, even though their contract dispute remains unresolved.