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The big five vary in importance depending on the claims asserted and the underlying issues, but they’re almost always included among documents produced in employment litigation.

For a peek into the future of population health management, a visit to Stanford Coordinated Care, a new clinic in northern California that is part of Stanford Health System, is in order.

Less than half of those surveyed think there is a clear link between their performance and pay, or that high-performing employees are properly rewarded.

Blogger Andy Torelli recalls how he got in this business and shares what responsibility those currently in the industry have to replenish the talent pool.

Job-hunters that want an option with work-life balance need certain traits to make themselves appealing, says business and workplace expert Alexandra Levit. Levit and FlexJobs, an online service for part-time and telecommuting work, say there are certain qualities that a person must have in order to make this type of job work. [Images: Fotolia]

Annual compliance testing for 401(k) retirement plans is done to ensure employee contribution eligibility requirements are being met and employees are contributing appropriate amounts. Low participation rates in employer-sponsored retirement plans can be especially problematic when it comes to annual testing. Ascensus offers five tips to boost participation and put your plan on track to successfully pass this year’s compliance test. [Images: Shutterstock]

The Grand Rounds’ recent Employee Benefit Expectation survey, the results of which were announced Wednesday, emphasizes the high value employees place on medical plans that can extended to newer shapes of families – same-sex couples, aging parents and medical dependents much older than 21. "The modern employee," the survey reads, "is looking for employers that recognize the changing state of familial responsibilities." [Images: Shutterstock]

Towers Watson has signed a web broker entity agreement with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, which supervises the health insurance exchange operated by the federal government in 36 states.

Republican governors seeking to make their states enemy territory for the ACA are facing a counteroffensive. Among the vanguard: two 74-year-old retirees walking the streets of working-class New Jersey.

The subsidy should reduce the cost of the premiums by about 32% on average for people buying the second-lowest priced plans through state-by-state insurance exchanges set to open Oct. 1, the Kaiser Family Foundation said in a report today.