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President-elect Barack Obama has called on Americans to spend Monday's Martin Luther King Jr. holiday engaging in community service projects. His transition team has offered a list of more than 8,500 projects occurring nationwide for individuals/families/teams to participate in.

As the recession deepens, a benefit that allows workers to sell their vacation days could prove popular among workers, although may raise challenges for benefit pros.

If 2008's figures on ERISA and FLSA lawsuits are any indication, employers can expect even more legal filings this year, as employees continue to lose their jobs in the economic recession, predicts international law firm Seyfarth Shaw.

U.S. employers will be required to contribute more than $108 billion into their defined benefit plans this year, according to an analysis by Watson Wyatt. Although that´s roughly $16 billion less than employers would have had to contribute without the passage of a new pension funding relief law late...

Although we're just a few days into '09, you know how fast time flies -- March will be here before you know it. Keeping that in mind, I -- and the folks at Buck Consultants -- want to remind you that group health plan sponsors that provide prescription drug coverage to Medicare Part D eligible individuals...

The January EBN features the report, "Critical care," with the most common questions about critical illness insurance answered by folks who know way more than us. Everything from "What is critical illness insurance?" to "What should be on employers' checklist when shopping for a group critical illness...

A new report in Workforce Management sketches out the Dec. 11, 2008, arrest of Bernard Madoff, a Wall Street trader and former Nasdaq chair, who allegedly ran a $50 billion Ponzi scheme.

Hopefully in time for HR professionals to negotiate their annual bonuses and pay increases, Watson Wyatt Data Services recently released the "2008/2009 Survey Report on Human Resources Personnel Compensation," now in its 14th edition.

New for '09, EBN is looking for new columnists to write on a variety of benefits topics, like health and wellness plans, retirement benefits, work-life benefits, HR/benefits strategy, training, career development and more. E-mail me at kelley.butler@sourcemedia.com if you, a colleague or client is interested...

A PBM audit could uncover mistakes like incorrectly applied network discounts, mail-order discounts, specialty discounts, rebate payments, administrative fees and other program fees.Other potential findings include incorrect application of member or drug coverage eligibility rules, cost-sharing rules,...