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Mercer’s George Lane on why life and health agents should consider being in the financial services industry.

While legal experts are cautioning not to be first out of the gate with communication to employees about the Supreme Court’s decision striking down the Defense of Marriage Act, some employers were swift to praise the decision. Here are some employers’ reactions to the landmark ruling.

Without taking a more aggressive approach to improving patient safety, any reform efforts, including the initiatives generated by the Patient Protection and Accountable Care Act and multiple private sector projects, will be severely compromised.

Earlier this week, the U.S. Supreme Court issued two decisions that will greatly benefit employers in future cases.

The Supreme Court handed down two significant Title VII decisions this week giving pro-business groups a clear victory, and dividing predictably along partisan lines.

“Our results support the ancient proverb: ‘Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a pauper,”’ says Hana Kahleova, a researcher at the Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine in Prague, Czech Republic.

The pilot put together by Ford, the Detroit-based UAW and union trust originates from the four-year contract struck between the automaker and union in 2011 and emulates a similar program used by Boeing Co. Workers and retirees will be invited to the program by their doctor and will be assigned a personal care nurse at no additional cost to the patient.

Five action steps recommended at pension summit.

Both genders trying to play catch-up on savings. Analysis also shows significant differences in attitudes across age bands.

The Supreme Court’s decision striking down the federal Defense of Marriage Act is being hailed as a huge victory for same-sex couples, but the ruling makes benefits administration for employers even more complicated than before.