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I just returned from Blue Cross Blue Shield's press briefing "How America's Employers are Promoting Health and Wellness Programs in the Workplace," and it's really sparked some thinking.

News You Can Use: Small business owners are dissatisfied with the current state of the federal government, finds a poll released this morning by American Management Services. 81% feel we are in an economic recession78% feel economic stimulus checks are useless86% say the federal government is doing...

It won´t affect your day-to-day business, but it´s interesting nonetheless to note that despite layoffs numbering in the thousands, Citigroup plans to hire a new HR executive to focus on training for the company´s 38,000 workers in its North American consumer banking division. In an economy that...

Are pensions going like gangbusters or headed down the drain? It seems every day brings different news. Today, apparently it´s somewhere in the middle, at least for public plans. A new report from the Government Accountability Office finds that overall the nation´s state and local DB plans are "reasonably...

In addition to great skiing, Utah now has a new attraction: a four-day workweek. Known as the "Working 4 Utah" initiative, about 17,000 of state´s 24,000 government workers will work only Monday through Thursday, effective the first week in August. Although government hours will be extended from...

What are the five employee benefits that must be protected at all costs during an economic downturn? Find out , and get tips on how to even add benefits in tough fiscal times at ebn.benefitnews.com.

Despite all of your benefits communications about retirement, the time when workers begin thinking seriously about retirement and actually doing so is pretty short, shows new data from EBRI. Twenty-two percent of the surveyed retirees report they first began thinking seriously about retiring only six...

New research from the National Business Group on Health says big employers aren't all that excited or optimistic about medical tourism. There are too many "ifs" and the employers surveyed are just too savvy to be buffeted by the hype is how Helen Darling (pictured at right above), president of the NBGH,...

Changes to federal HEART legislation will affect how employers structure retirement plans for veterans. Click here for information on the amendments and how to plan for implementing them in 2009.

Here´s some news that´ll hurt your heart: The Commonwealth Fund´s latest ranking of global health care systems finds that although the United States spends twice as much per capita on health care, the nation ranks well below other industrialized nations in many areas of health care delivery, including...