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As the discussion on paid leave continues, a majority of employers say they are already offering some sort of personal time off ... but declines have been noted in paid time for caregivers.

In 2014, the average cost of health insurance per employee was $9,504 — the average cost to employers was $6,276 and employees paid an average of $3,228, according to the 2014 United Benefit Advisors Health Plan Survey. Four of the top five states with the most expensive employer-sponsored health insurance costs are located on the East Coast, according to the survey, which received responses from 9,950 employers sponsoring 16,967 health plans nationwide.

Employers have the ability to accumulate enormous amounts of information about a wide variety of subjects, and leveraging that data can be very powerful and impactful.

Republicans hoping to use a little-known rule to repeal the Affordable Care Act may have hit a snag.

The IRS and Dept. of Treasury are seeking comments on several issues related to the Cadillac tax, including what constitutes employer-sponsored coverage and different approaches for determining the cost of applicable coverage.

This year, sign-ups for private health plans in California, New York and other states that opted to build and run their own insurance markets has stagnated. Yet in more conservative parts of the country that declined to participate and where enrollment is run by the federal government, sign-ups have surged.

Consumer products giant Kimberly-Clark is the latest defined benefit pension sponsor to transition significant pension liabilities to the insurance industry.

Employees are sitting too long, not using all their vacation, survey finds.

Constantly improving upon well-being is vital to a population’s overall health and economy. For employers, well-being can also be a predictor of business outcomes, essentially affecting a company’s economic potential. Recent data from the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index analyzes all 50 states, and based on five elements of well-being — purpose, social, financial, community and physical — have ranked states from best to worst for overall well-being.

Assurant Health says it will no longer pay commissions on new business in certain markets, a move the carrier calls a sales approach, but some industry experts say is part of a trend that’s pushing agents out of business.