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When the glow fades for those couples planning to wed Sunday when gay marriage becomes legal in New York, they will see a new reality: They won't be getting the same benefits as heterosexual couples.

The Senate has taken up tea party-backed House legislation tying an increase in the government's borrowing authority to a series of conservative demands including a constitutional balanced budget amendment.

Running out of time, President Barack Obama called Democratic and Republican leaders back to the White House on Wednesday for separate, bottom-line negotiations on how to prevent a disastrous government default — and perhaps cut staggering federal deficits as well.

The top Democrat in the House reacted positively to a new bipartisan budget plan emerging in the Senate, even as a top House GOP military hawk said it would cut defense way too much.

A new issue brief from the nonprofit Institutional Retirement Income Council tackles dilemmas and issues surrounding guaranteed lifetime income options that are just starting to pop up within the retirement plan market.

The Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) has pushed back the compliance deadlines for new retirement plan fee disclosure rules.

According to UWC, an association of national and state business organizations, the costs of unemployment insurance (UI) for employers has increased from $31 billion in 2008 to $160 billion in 2010. Nevertheless, most people don't much about this benefit, including human resources professionals.

Job market shrinks, wellness programs expand to keep pace with employee waist lines.