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Providing paid sick leave for all New Jersey workers would provide public health benefits as well as financial benefits for businesses, a study found.

SPDs, mac & cheese and the top health care reform stories this week.

Travel is an often necessary—and often stressful—part of business. But these days, missed flights, jet lag and hotel problems are the least of employees’ worries.

The number of people applying for unemployment benefits fell sharply for the second straight week, suggesting the job market is slowly recovering.

Careerbuilder’s Annual Summer Job Forecast survey of 2,700 employers found that 22 percent say they are planning to hire seasonal workers for the summer, about the same from 2009.

Democratic Gov. Beverly Perdue and Republican legislative leaders confirmed Wednesday an agreement to fill a $515 million funding gap for the North Carolina state employee health insurance plan while keeping a free premium option for workers intact for at least another year.