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I have a horrible commute. Truly, truly horrible. It’s expensive, long, often unpredictable and exhausting — about 90 minutes each way.

It seems that the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has brought out my inner curmudgeon — especially the dependent eligibility extension that allows young adults (keyword: adults) stay on their parents’ health insurance until age 26.

Which of these is the most eye-popping statement? 1. There is hostile, intelligent alien life on other planets that may try to conquer and colonize Earth.

The gloves are coming off: employers are getting ready to dish some tough love about wellness, to convince workers that their very lives as well as the existence of company-sponsored benefits are on the line.

Although it’s still — as James Brown once sang — a man’s world, a new research paper from Wharton finds that HR increasingly is becoming a women’s profession.

Let’s keep it real: There’s a recession. So, raise your hand if you’d jump at the chance to win $1,000. You? Thought so.

After a less-than-gangbusters success in working to make patient records paperless, the federal government switched its focus to the Department of Labor agencies to take up the paperless mantle.

The Great Places to Work Institute’s recent eighth annual conference in Los Angeles could be summed up in two words: best practices.

Last week, we took a peek into the future and saw that 2014 could hold some scary consequences for employers that offer health benefits deemed “unaffordable” under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

I know nothing gets you going on a Friday like news from the IRS, so here you go: IRS Notice 2010-38, which outlines tax guidelines for extending health plan eligibility to dependents up to age 26.