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Faculty and staff are protesting the program as an invasion of their privacy. What they should be protesting is the university’s wasting money on health risk appraisals, which have never been shown to reduce costs.

Many recent studies have shown that major obstacles to employee attainment of retirement readiness include the loss of account balances due to loan defaults and hardship withdrawals. This account leakage can be reduced by a well-managed participant loan program.

Only 56% of those in finance and 61% of those in HR say their company’s current ROI on rewards is acceptable, but they are divided on how much they will partner to fix the problem.

Oklahoma won court approval to proceed with a federal lawsuit challenging tax aspects of President Barack Obama’s health care law.

President Barack Obama urged military veterans to defend his signature health care law and press Republican lawmakers to end budget cuts that threaten future spending on benefits.

As an insurance agent you potentially have access to more information about a business then others and you should use that to your advantage, says agency transformation specialist Wendy Keneipp, who shares just how to do it.

Why should fun field trips end just because employees have outgrown school trips and summer camp excursions? These employers use travel incentives to reward top performers and foster team spirit. Though some of these unique travel rewards can cost planning time and money, especially while employees are out of the office during travel, 77% of American workers ranked a trip to a desirable destination with a spouse or guest as a positive incentive in a recent survey. Recognition expert Bob Nelson showcases nine examples of companies using travel to reward and inspire employees in his bestselling book 1501 Ways to Reward Employees. [Images: Shutterstock]

Employers of all sizes should monitor immigration developments closely as significant change is on the horizon.

Regulators moved to limit a potential loophole that critics say could have been used for fraud in the new state insurance systems set up by the Affordable Care Act.

Ahead of Jan. 1, 2014, when all Americans will be required to have health insurance, insurers should be focusing on making their web presence as user-friendly and informative as possible.