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Earlier this week, a few of you wrote to me to let me know that you were able to hear only the first nine seconds of Associate Editor Kathleen Koster’s extended podcast with a top-notch group of health care experts, parsing out the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act — discussing the most significant considerations for employers for this season’s open enrollment, and what provisions of health care reform will have the farthest-reaching impact on…

Clearly, I’m far from objective about the dependent eligibility extension under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. So, perhaps take this post with a grain — or a pillar — of salt.

Given how often health insurance carriers keep employers guessing — on rates, on claims data, etc. — it must be nice that carriers are the ones doing the guesswork, just this once.

You know those great sales stores offer — the ones that are like buy one, get three free? Usually, they come with a fine-print disclosure, “While supplies last.”

As more and more employers opt to auto-enroll employees in target-date funds to give workers a nudge (more likely, a shove) toward a secure retirement, new research from J.P. Morgan shows that while plan sponsors are aiming for the bulls eye, they may be shooting slightly off center with their target-date strategy. …

Here’s another little tidbit about me: I may be one of the only people who prefers going to the dentist to getting an eye exam. Weird, I know, but I have my reasons.

I know you don’t need anyone to tell you – least of all, me – that your employees still are feeling the stresses and strains of the sluggish economy, at work and likely at home as well.

I’m pretty sure if I said, “Some folks at the IRS have a few questions they’d like to ask you about your 401(k) plan,” you’d start getting nervous.

I’m the proud relative of two army veterans, so Memorial Day always has had a special meaning for me. Although like many of us, I happily partake in the cookouts and celebrations the holiday brings each year, I always try to keep the reason for the holiday close to heart. …

To say today was a technology nightmare is an understatement. It was as if Murphy's Law applied solely and specifically to anything I attempted involving my computer.