Employer Strategies

The United States is decades behind the rest of the world in parental leave policy, a Human Rights Watch report said on Wednesday.

I'm totally swamped today, so I'm saved by former EBN Managing Editor Leah Shepherd, who writes on the newest stats surrounding telework.

The good news for health insurers is that they’re improving their reputation, but they still aren’t receiving high service marks from customers.

NEW YORK | Tue Feb 22, 2011 3:54pm EST - Althea Norwood Roberts gives employers three months to turn her temporary job into a permanent one. Then she looks elsewhere.

The Wisconsin state Assembly late on Tuesday rejected an attempt to send back to the drawing board a Republican proposal to curb public sector union rights that has sparked large protests and a tense stand-off with Democrats.

With less guaranteed income when they retire, a larger number of older workers remained in the workforce in 2010, according to research by the Employee Benefit Research Institute.

Many of the millions of people with disabilities may be paying more in taxes than necessary, according to a disability insurance service provider.

Despite efforts to defund PPACA in the Republican-controlled House, and prospects of a Supreme Court test for the federal health reform law, employers are forging ahead as best they can with short-term compliance issues and long-term strategic decisions.

Sales of annuities through banks ended the year with a promising lift, specifically for variable business.

The Department of Health and Human Services has launched a Web portal as part of an initiative to make its repositories of health data more accessible.