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Obamacare will reduce the total number of hours Americans work by the equivalent of 2 million full-time jobs in 2017, mostly among low-wage earners, the Congressional Budget Office said.

Set in Atlantic City, the 2014 Workplace Benefits Renaissance, held Feb. 24-26 at the Trump Taj Mahal, features a can’t-miss presentation from the head of the Employers Association on New Jersey breaking down the impact of the ACA on employers.

This group wants to be mentored, amongst other things, according to a speaker at TD Ameritrade Institutional’s national conference in Orlando.

There are three big issues that agency owners think they can’t or shouldn’t do. Columnist Wendy Keneipp shares how to break them down.

Are you, or do you know, a top-notch benefits adviser under 35? Nominate your Rising Star today for possible inclusion in EBA's upcoming magazine.

A Kaiser Family Foundation poll released Thursday shows Americans’ bad perception of the ACA is near an all-time high. Meanwhile, brokers’ negativity about their ability to do their jobs on the exchanges has subsided.

While President Obama mentioned taxes a number of times in his State of the Union speech last night, the details were scant.

While President Obama mentioned taxes a number of times in his State of the Union speech last night, the details were scant.

The president also touched briefly on the Affordable Care Act, challenging Republicans to let Americans know what their “specific plans [are] to cut costs, cover more people, and increase choice.”

EBA recently introduced a concept several brokers across the country are embracing — the retail storefront. But one broker doesn’t just want to attract individual clients to walk-in, he plans to use the space to enhance offerings for his group client employees, too.

Republican U.S. senators opposed to Obamacare said the best alternative would be a narrower system of tax credits for Americans to buy health insurance without any of the mandates for people or companies to participate.

The Workplace Benefits Renaissance conference will be held Feb. 24-26 at the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, N.J.

Through strategic partnerships, small brokerages can compete on a national level.

The legislation meant to cut through the red tape of state-by-state insurance broker licensing is stalled in the Senate as a standalone bill, but has been attached to another bill up for vote soon.

New business unit consolidates recently acquired Extend Health, Liazon and others to help employers deliver health benefits to employees, company says.

Excepted benefits are specified limited scope health benefits that are exempt or excepted from the insurance market reform provisions of the Affordable Care Act and the health insurance requirements of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1986, known as HIPAA.

Workplace Benefits Renaissance will be held Feb. 24-26 at the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, N.J.

Financial Fitness surveyed nearly 24,000 employees to evaluate how the different generations are faring with retirement planning and expense management

Small-group employers are still particularly perplexed about their ACA options. Here are four options to leverage with these clients.

Employers and human resource professionals looking to get ahead of the benefits and health care reform game should take a note of a new free survey in the works by McGraw Wentworth.