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“The current generation has stumbled on an incredibly powerful and important model for changing the world and the workplace: the network.”

Over the last 20 years, the percentages of households that will not be ready for retirement at age 65 has nearly doubled to 50%, according to recent data from the National Retirement Risk Index.

Private and public health care exchanges can bring tremendous value to the marketplace if they follow certain examples, said a speaker at the NAHU annual convention in Las Vegas Monday.

Over 13,000 benefits and HR professionals gathered in Atlanta, GA this week to learn from experts and thought leaders in health care, retirement, benefit plan compliance and government policy at the 2012 Society for Human Resource Management conference. View highlights of the 2012 event and feel as if you were (almost) there!

Just one day before the Supreme Court is due to rule on the constitutionality of the individual mandate in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, benefits industry professionals are planning for every outcome. Whether the entire health care reform law is upheld, only the individual mandate is invalidated or the law is struck down completely, employers and health care experts have begun strategizing for each “what if” scenario. EBN interviewed a group of HR/benefits professionals, legal experts and consultants to find out what immediate action they will take depending on what the Court ultimately decides in its ruling, due June 28.

Although it seems most Americans are set in their views of health care reform, the health insurance industry is launching a PR campaign to change how it is viewed, and is leveraging the Supreme Court's impending ruling on the law to do so.

Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice brought the crowd to its feet in a standing ovation at the opening keynote session of this year’s Society for Human Resource Management conference being held in Atlanta this week.

Mercer has identified a clear global trend in sponsors of defined benefit pension plans accelerating their intentions to manage their pension risk and ultimately transfer it to external parties.

While the nation’s attention remains focused on legal and political fights over health care reform, including an imminent ruling on the matter by the Supreme Court, a consumer advocacy organization notes that an invisible tragedy continues to play out nationwide for uninsured families who struggle to get the health care they need. A report released last week by Families USA reveals that more than 26,000 Americans between the ages of 25 and 64 died prematurely in 2010 because they did not have health coverage.

Employee Benefit News and the Personal Financial Employee Education Foundation wish to help employers share benefit sponsorship information and core beliefs about financial education with a new survey and upcoming networking opportunities.