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Are cost-containment strategies and employee satisfaction mutually exclusive when it comes to retention?

With the cost of employer-provided health care benefits at large U.S. employers expected to rise another 7% next year, a new survey by the National Business Group on Health suggests employers are eyeing a variety of cost-control measures but also sharply boosting financial rewards to engage workers in healthy lifestyles.

Some HR terms and buzzwords are overused and ineffective to communicate benefits information to employees and report to executives. EBN readers shared benefits vocab or phrases they despise on our LinkedIn Group and on Twitter. What HR word or concept would you add to the list? [Images: Thinkstock]

While retirement plan sponsors do not have a fiduciary obligation to tell participants that they have made an unwise investment choice, they should limit investment options to strategies that meet the acceptable diversification criteria outlined in ERISA.

An Employee Assistance Program is a free benefit that can offer employees (and often household members) significant value in their daily lives, but is often misunderstood. Guest blogger Ed Bray shares his top 5 reasons to remind employees about the complete value of a company’s EAP program (beyond problem resolution) and to promote its use.

Sun Life Financial, Mercer, The Guardian Life Insurance Company, Aflac and MetLife recognize employees in this week’s Comings & Goings. Check to see if a colleague is mentioned today.

Forty-seven million women will now have access to eight new prevention-related health care services under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced on Wednesday.

Want to disseminate summary of benefits and coverage materials as required by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on a mobile device?

Getting employees to support health savings accounts depends on the way they’re communicated alongside the concept of a high-deductible health plan, which can be a tricky proposition. But there are solutions at hand.

U.S. companies hired more workers than expected in July, but continued weakness in the manufacturing sector pointed to sluggish economic growth.