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A new survey from ISCEBS and Towers Perrin indicates that employers are considering bold changes in 2009 to rein in retiree medical costs.

Effective Jan. 1, employers will be required to submit to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Social Security numbers for covered workers and dependents to comply with a new federal mandate. You've been hearing about this for months, but if you're like us, there's no time like the last minute!...

The ongoing recession already has affected employees, as the number of employers implementing layoffs and hiring and salary freezes has risen sharply in the last two months, according to a new survey from Watson Wyatt, and the cuts likely will continue into next year, the consulting firm finds.

People typically have well-meaning aspirations when it comes to setting their New Year´s resolutions. Actually sticking to those resolutions is of course more difficult. The personal health coaches at Gordian Health Solutions are sharing their tips for keeping 10 common new year´s resolutions. According...

A report from Haldy McIntosh and Associates for Medco finds 60% of plan sponsors believe that specialty medications are the leading driver of spending growth. This is a sharp increase over last year's survey, where only 25% of respondents shared this view.

Fidelity has released new year´s retirement savings resolutions for people in three different age brackets- 25-35, 36-54 and those 55 and older, reports EBN sister title Money Management Executive.

Although most HR professionals are used to asking prospective employees, "Where do you see yourself in 10 years?" execs and thought-leaders turned the question on themselves as part of a recent report for Workforce Management.

A recent Society for Human Resource Management panel discussion, China Miner Gorman, the association's chief operating officer said that amid the economic recession, "The expectation for HR to step up to the plate with strategic business solutions is increasing, and HR is looked to more and more for...

The percentage of workers with long-term care insurance provided by employers has doubled since 1999, from 6% to 12%. In larger companies with 100 or more employees, 20% of workers have access to long-term care, according to the 2008 National Compensation Survey conducted by the U.S. Department of Labor's...