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An insurance company is being sued for employee discrimination. A labor attorney weighs in on advice for avoiding and handling similar allegations.

The financial and insurance firm is the latest employer to beef up its family-friendly benefits offerings.

By aggregating and analyzing different types of data, benefits managers can determine crucial correlations among preventive screenings, health outcomes and healthcare costs.

For companies committed to attracting new talent, maintaining a strong online reputation should be a priority.

Some federal employees face insurance paperwork glitches that affect their health coverage and add pressure to the stress of going without pay.

Companies with federal contracts are worried employees will look for other jobs.

Dave Dyell is president and CEO of Jellyfish Health.

Laura Friedel is a partner and chair of Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC’s Labor & Employment Group. She helps businesses, including accounting firms, maximize their most important and often trickiest asset – their employees. Laura works with companies to develop employment documents, policies and practices that improve employee relations while protecting the company's investment in its people and minimizing legal risk. She also represents companies before federal and state courts and agencies in a broad range of employment litigation.

Too much time on computer and smartphone screens is causing vision problems for employees. Here’s how employers can improve things in the office.

Jill Purcell is AVP of dental & vision product and market development at Unum.