Employer Strategies

The Benefits Forum and Expo began Sunday in Phoenix with the honoring of the benefits professionals of the year.

A court recently upheld Whirlpool’s right to change retiree medical benefits for former Maytag employees whose collective bargaining agreement had expired.

In a detailed and passionate endorsement of his former rival, former President Bill Clinton amplified the central argument of President Barack Obama's re-election campaign: that voters face a choice between Democratic policies that lead to broad prosperity or Republican policies that benefit the wealthy at the expense of everyone else.

Health assistance provider CareCounsel has been purchased by Stanford Hospital & Clinics, which says leadership and core directive will not be changing.

Nearly two-thirds of Canadians surveyed have fallen short of their savings goal, and many plan to work part-time to supplement their pension.

The Generic Pharmaceutical Association claims that consumers and the health care industry have saved more than $1 trillion in the past 10 years through the use of non-name-brand meds.

Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company has entered into a definitive agreement with The Hartford to purchase its Retirement Plans business for $400 million, subject to adjustment at closing.

Two dozen Democratic women from the U.S. House of Representatives brought the charge that Republicans are waging a "war on women" to the party's convention stage on Tuesday with sharp denunciations of Republicans on health care, equal pay and domestic violence.

More than 20 million employed Americans play fantasy football, but cracking down on participation at the office may be more trouble than it’s worth.

An American Psychological Association survey says that, despite the shaky economic recovery, a lack of better jobs is not one of the major factors leading to workers sticking with their current employers.