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Join me at the listening post for a special Daily Diversion podcast as Towers Watson senior consultant Alan Glickstein discusses the newest regulations regarding cash balance pension plans and what they rules mean for you.

You likely saw/heard/read the news reports coming from France, as infuriated workers burned cars and blocked streets in protest of a government to raise the nation’s retirement age from 60 to 62.

A recent blog post on the Mother Jones website put in the starkest terms I’ve ever seen the reality of the retirement crisis -- work indefinitely, live poor or die.

Photos of Benefits Expo Party

I’m always wary of something being called a “mega-trend,” so when I saw “7 Emerging Mega-Trends That Will Change Wellness Communication… Forever,” I sighed heavily, but clicked to read it anyway.

Here is some truly wonderful news to mark October’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month: New research from Unum reveals that return-to-work rates for people on short-term disability claims due to breast cancer more than doubled from 2001 to 2007, rising from 28.8% to 59.4%.

New survey results from Mercer show that, although most likely unintentionally, the most serious compliance issue noted by almost two-thirds (61%) of respondents involved tax return revisions caused by improper reporting of worldwide income by expatriates.

For all that employers have to be concerned about when it comes to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the fear that changing one of their plans means losing grandfathered status for all plans is not one of them, Health, Labor and Treasury Department regulators clarified last week.

The annual “State of Health Care Quality” report from the National Committee for Quality Assurance reveals that plans that let members glut on physicians visits, tests and inpatient care, totaling thousands of dollars, aren’t necessarily the best in terms of quality.

As employers work to comply with the various components of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, President Obama has given a pass to McDonald’s, other employers and several health insurers from complying with the coverage standards required under reform, the New York Times reports.