Employer-Paid

A growing number of states are mounting legislative attacks meant to protect the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act by hurting the self-insurance business.

The U.S. economy added just 148,000 jobs in September, suggesting that employers held back on hiring before a 16-day partial government shutdown began Oct. 1.

The dove of peace had barely lit on the halls of Congress this week when Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., chased it away with down-the-party-lines National Labor Relations Board nomination gambit.

A white paper from Colonial Life & Accident Insurance Co. advises employers they need to look at their benefits plan from a holistic viewpoint if they want it to serve as a recruiting and retention tool.

A growing number of employers are levying a surcharge on the spouses of employees who sign up for health care coverage if they are eligible for them in their own workplace.

Although Mexican immigrants comprise just 4 percent of the U.S. population, they represent 13 percent of all uninsured people.