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If you were out enjoying the Labor Day weekend, you may have missed President Obama’s weekly radio address (now also a video address) on Sunday. If you weren’t tuned in, you didn’t hear that the president – clearly unafraid of reworking our nation’s largest benefits systems – is setting his sights on retirement accounts. …

You bet they do, perhaps me first among them! And this is the week to celebrate it. ADP – provider of many things HR, payroll and benefits-related – leads the nation in National Payroll Week (Sept. 7-11), which aims to educate American workers about paychecks, the payroll withholding system and other payroll-driven benefits by offering tips to help maximize payday. …

It's Labor Day weekend, and I intend to spend it giving myself a hearty pat on the back for the tough but triumphant labor I've put in this year. I hope each of you pros will do the same. It's been a difficult year, to say the least, and it's still not over. But before you dive headlong into the fall, open enrollment and the chaos of the holiday season, take some time to take…

As Labor Day approaches, new survey results from Adecco show that working is not really a labor of love these days, as many are expressing dissatisfaction with several aspects of their jobs, including their salary, relationships with bosses and coworkers and their company's retention efforts. Adecco finds that that two-thirds (66%) of American workers are unsatisfied with their compensation as a result of pay cuts, lack of bonuses or stagnant salaries. A significant number of…

I’m always looking out for you, DD readers, so I’ll pass along some intel from my moles in the data services sphere. With pay cuts and freezes having practically the whole nation on ice, new survey results on HR compensation show some salary warmth in the labor relations function and HR pay overall is up in the health care sector. …

I know you’d never be able to tell it from their savings rates, but your employees actually are quite happy with their retirement plan. A new Watson Wyatt survey finds that 54% of employees are satisfied with their company’s retirement program, and 29% even admit that they wouldn’t save for retirement without it. …

Elizabeth Galentine – my esteemed colleage, favorite gumshoe reporter and Managing Editor of Employee Benefit Adviser – recently rounded up a panel of benefits pros to discuss what comes next for health care reform, now that Sen. Edward Kennedy, the effort’s biggest Democratic champion, has passed away. It’s one of those times you wish you could be a fly on the wall. But thanks to E.G., you don’t have to. Read on, and then share your…

It's hard to believe that four years has gone by since Hurricane Katrina rendered destruction and devastation on New Orleans and neighboring Gulf Coast regions. As the last weekend nation marked the anniversary of the storm's landfall, the city continues its efforts to rebuild and move forward. The resilience and determination of New Orleans residents and businesses can be a template for your own work as employers nationwide strive to rebuild from the recession.

With all the bleeding the recession has caused in defined contribution plans, it can be easy to forget that defined benefit plans have been recession ravaged as well. DB sponsors are taking steps to stop the bleeding, according to the pros at Watson Wyatt, undergoing what one consultant called a 'seismic shift from business as usual.' …

I know that the budget ax has been swinging furiously all year to help companies survive the recession — you may have had to duck out of its path yourself at some point. And with near-record joblessness still hurting the economy, you may be tempted to let the ax swing and chop wherever it will, so long as it's not in your direction. I understand and can relate to that mentality. …