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Employers and providers must work harder to eliminate benefits jargon from their communications.

Contributing Editor Andrew Sykes outlines how office space is shrinking and what can be done to encourage healthier work spaces.

Contributing Editor Betty Long outlines five hospital rules that can, and sometimes should, be challenged by patients and families.

Contributing Editor Leanne Fosbre outlines what PPACA’s Summary of Benefits and Coverage can teach employers about plain language and readability.

Kristi Mitchem, senior managing director and head of global defined contribution for State Street, offers five tips for employers to help engage employees in retirement saving and planning.

Communication pros Jennifer Benz and Deborah Bosley offer advice on how to translate benefits jargon into plain English.

Plan administrators have a little wiggle room, for now, but the Moving Ahead for Progress act may not have fully revealed itself.

Silberstein Insurance Group, Companion Life Insurance Co., BenefitMall and Ultimate Health Matter recognize employees in this week’s Comings & Goings. Check to see if a colleague is mentioned today.

Republican Mitt Romney cited a Massachusetts health care law he backed as showing his “empathy,” then later reiterated his pledge to repeal national legislation modeled after the state’s measure as he and President Barack Obama crisscrossed Ohio yesterday.

Employees of Sears and Darden Restaurants will be able to choose health insurance through a private exchange operated by Aon Hewitt.