Employer Strategies

His workouts could easily be integrated into wellness programs – and no doubt have – but Richard Simmons’ own message was an individual one of self-empowerment and life-affirmation.

The average American registered an insurance shortfall of $320,000. The gap has widened substantially for Gen Xers since the financial crisis.

In recent years, many employers have introduced flexible work practices to help employees manage their work/life balance, although Culturerx founder Jody Thompson said she believes that “standard flexible work programs are holding us hostage.”

Although we are not lawyers, it’s helpful to have talking points you can go over with clients seeking information.

The calculator that determines subsidies for the 36 states relying on the federal government for exchanges come Oct. 1 isn’t working in tests, according to the Wall Street Journal.

A district court found that a claim seeking restitution to the plan for losses incurred as a result of a breach of a fiduciary duty under ERISA has the right to a jury trial. This will be an important issue to follow as the creation of a right to a jury trial could fundamentally alter the nature of ERISA litigation.

Adopting a diet rich in unprocessed foods combined with moderate exercise and stress management over five years increased the length of telomeres, the ends of chromosomes linked to aging.

The four-year slowdown in U.S. health care spending will end next year, and there is no sign the Affordable Care Act will significantly curb the acceleration in costs, government actuaries said in a report.

In one of the biggest steps for private health care exchanges so far, Aon Hewitt has announced that it will be offering health benefits for more than 330,000 American employees of some well-known companies, including Walgreens, Sears Holdings and Darden Restaurants – parent company of Red Lobster and the Olive Garden.

Americans may say they want to insure their future, but what they buy doesn’t measure up.