Healthcare

Supporters of the Affordable Care Act said they’ll debut a campaign this week in 18 U.S. states to promote a law still poorly understood by those designed to benefit most.

Stephen M. Saxon, chairman of the Groom Law Group, says little is getting done on important retirement issues in Washington because of the mandated government budget cuts known as sequestration.

In addition to the benefits of having healthier employees, the UnitedHealth Group study shows employers also gain from the professional skills employees learn while volunteering.

Ric Edelman, chairman and CEO of Edelman Financial Services, told his Chicago audience that a combination of factors — including a misunderstanding of exponential growth and its effect on compounding interest — have led workers to short-term planning that can be deadly to 401(k)s and other defined contribution plans.

The scaling down of the Fed's quantitative easing program could incent bond fund holders to liquidate their holdings and look for other more promising investments.

Judith Mayer Lynn, uninsured and battling breast cancer, should be a fan of the Affordable Care Act. Instead, she barely knows about it.

Delivering new investment strategies, recruiting top managers are goals.

Chief people officer Jeff Perkins says he took HR at NPR to a far more prominent and decision-making position, and that HR professionals always need to leverage opportunities such as new facilities or outgoing senior leadership.

Are DB-style, non-traditional allocation strategies a better approach?

Fareed Zakaria gave the opening address at the Society for Human Resources Management 2013 conference, and the 15,000 people attending heard from him that, though the market recovery has been slow and painful, world markets will rise together.