The husband of an obese woman who died of a blood clot after working long hours at her home office is eligible to receive workers' compensation benefits, a New Jersey appeals court ruled Monday in a case that raised questions about the broader implications of the sedentary desk jobs of...

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Tuesday signed landmark legislation that increases pension and health contributions paid by a half-million teachers, police and other public workers and removes the issue from collective bargaining for four years.

Phyllis Borzi, head of the Department of Labors Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), fought back on Tuesday against criticisms EBSA has received regarding its controversial regulation amending the definition of fiduciary under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).

Although employer spending on employee benefits remained stable, the amount of HR professionals reporting that the economy negatively affected benefits ticked up 5 percent this year, according to the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM).