So, there's good news and bad news. The good news is January's over. I mean, a quarter of a million lost jobs later, it couldn't end soon enough, right? I haven't heard so much anger since Christian Bale's last

Employers spent $693.9 billion on retirement income benefits in 2007. They spent $623.1 billion on health benefits. $532.1 billion was spent on group health insurance. Source: EBRI

Last year was the second consecutive year union membership increased, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, after continual losses since the Department began collecting date in 1983. Back then, union workers made up 20.1 percent of the

The Principal 10 Best Companies for Employee Financial Security - 2008 were selected for excellence in their employee benefit programs despite a difficult economy. Now, The Principal is offering a free best practices guide that examines what