Employer Strategies

American workers are more stressed than employees in other countries and it’s a situation that’s not expected to change any time soon, according to research from Towers Watson.

The outcome of November’s presidential and Congressional elections could bring change to how quickly the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is implemented.

Screening tools, access to sleep medicine professionals and compliance management can help employers deal with sleep apnea.

Robust financial education programs can help employees address student loan debt, an issue that affects all generations of, not just new graduates.

Successful mentoring programs allow relationships to develop naturally.

Contributing Editor Betty Long outlines five hospital rules that can, and sometimes should, be challenged by patients and families.

Kristi Mitchem, senior managing director and head of global defined contribution for State Street, offers five tips for employers to help engage employees in retirement saving and planning.

Communication pros Jennifer Benz and Deborah Bosley offer advice on how to translate benefits jargon into plain English.

Plan administrators have a little wiggle room, for now, but the Moving Ahead for Progress act may not have fully revealed itself.

Republican Mitt Romney cited a Massachusetts health care law he backed as showing his “empathy,” then later reiterated his pledge to repeal national legislation modeled after the state’s measure as he and President Barack Obama crisscrossed Ohio yesterday.