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Hub International to acquire Strategic Employee Benefit Services of Louisiana

Peter Westerman | July 19, 2011

Chicago-based Hub International Limited announced it will purchase Strategic Employee Benefits Services of Louisiana, a Metairie, La.-based benefit consulting and service firm.

NCOIL backs broker bill

Peter Westerman | July 19, 2011

The National Conference of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL) is backing an effort by health insurance agents to get Congress to exempt producer compensation from health insurance medical loss ratio (MLR) calculations.

Most employers still offer vehicle-related benefits

Peter Westerman | July 19, 2011

According to a new WorldatWork research report, 89 percent of employers still offer vehicle-related benefits to employees, with the most popular vehicle benefit being fuel or mileage reimbursement at 72 percent, car allowance at 65 percent and providing a company-owned automobile at 53 percent.

Nearly half of employers lack social networking policies

Peter Westerman | July 19, 2011

Although 76 percent of employers use business-related social media, nearly half of all businesses do not have social media and networking policies, according to a survey by Proskauer's International Labor & Employment Group , which questioned more than 120 multinational employers.

House to vote on tea party-backed debt plan

Peter Westerman | July 19, 2011

With a default deadline drawing ominously near, House Republican leaders are giving the tea party what amounts to a symbolic floor vote on a "cut, cap and balance" debt-limit plan while behind the scenes work continues on a fallback measure that could become the framework for a compromise.

NFL, players anticipating tentative agreement

Peter Westerman | July 19, 2011

The NFL wants team executives ready to be schooled in the ins and outs of a new labor contract as early as Thursday.

Health care labor market slows down in second quarter

Peter Westerman | July 18, 2011

Mirroring the broader economy, the strength of the national health care labor market remained mostly stagnant in the second quarter of 2011, as measured by the Health Workplace Solutions Labor Market Pulse Index.