Editorial Staff

Forty-nine percent of organizations feel that new grads lack basic skills and knowledge of writing in English, 18% worry about math proficiency and 13% believe graduates lack English speaking skills.

Previous Truven research reported that $125 billion to $175 billion in annual spending in the publicly and privately insured population could be classified as abuse and fraud of the system.

The Kaiser analysis, penned by Cynthia Cox, Gary Claxton and Larry Levitt, says that if MLR had not been in effect, premiums for individual health insurance would have been $1.9 billion higher in 2012.

This feature will start your week with three important facts, changes or conversations from recent events. Want to keep on top of developments in benefits, health care, finance and employment? Then these are Things You Need to Know. This week: IRS changes to retirement plan corrections go into effect today, a rise in a largely uncovered mental diagnosis and crucial shifts in talent workforce management.

In a recent letter to Acting Secretary of Labor Seth Harris, six members of the Congressional Black Caucus warned that if the DOL’s 2010 fiduciary proposal is re-proposed this year without significant changes, the rule “could disparately impact retirement savers and investment representatives in the African-American community,” according to the letter.

On the last day of 2012 the IRS updated the Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System (EPCRS), published as Rev. Proc 2013-12. The program allows plan sponsors to declare, fix and pay penalties (where applicable) for certain operational or demographic missteps under the “voluntary correction program” (VCP)

Start your week with three important facts, changes or conversations from recent events. Want to keep on top of developments in benefits, health care, finance and employment? Then these are Things You Need to Know.

Start your week with three important facts, changes or conversations from recent events. Want to keep on top of developments in benefits, health care, finance and employment? Then these are Things You Need to Know.

A new nationwide public opinion research report produced by the National Institute on Retirement Security (NIRS) finds overwhelming support for Congressional action to provide all Americans with access to a new type of privately run pension plan.

Western European nations, backed by strong health care and retiree social programs, dominated the top of the list, snagging the first 10 slots in an index based on data from sources including the World Bank and the United Nations.

Start your week with three important facts, changes or conversations from recent events. Want to keep on top of developments in benefits, health care, finance and employment? Then these are Things You Need to Know.

Start your week with three important facts, changes or conversations from recent events. Want to keep on top of developments in benefits, health care, finance and employment? Then these are Things You Need to Know.

This new feature will start your week with three important facts, changes or conversations from recent events. Want to keep on top of developments in benefits, health care, finance and employment? Then these are Things You Need to Know.

The overall pace of investment prompted Forrester to warn insurers making only limited mobile efforts soon will lose competitive ground to insurers more aggressively pursuing the technology.

“The consumer demand for income annuities has grown steadily during the past two years as consumers seek to generate a guaranteed stream of retirement income,” says Cathy Weatherford, IRI president and CEO.

Fidelity Investments reports that 48% of baby boomers anticipate retiring with some kind debt — regardless of whether or not they expect a pension.

Recent research appears to show that the savings from preventing health risks are far broader and faster than many had anticipated.

The IRS is streamlining loan procedures for 401(k) plan participants to help victims of last month’s Hurricane Sandy.

Expansion of consumer-directed health plans and investment in health management programs produced the lowest average annual employer cost increase since 1997, according to the National Survey of Employer-Sponsored Health Plans, conducted annually by Mercer.

Football season has reached its halfway point, but Legg Mason has a savings plan ready to kickoff financial security.