Yes, the pro-union  Employee Free Choice Act is floundering in Congress. That’s given some businesses the idea that they’ll never see a unionizing effort. Those are exactly the businesses that are most vulnerable. More…

There are proven ways to make any meeting — whether it’s about open enrollment or managing healthcare costs — more effective. More…

You have some new steps to take should employees’ health info be seen by prying eyes. More…

Good news: The feds are eliminating paperwork associated with one common fringe benefit — company-provided cell phones. More…

Workers at Molson breweries are filing grievances over what they consider the last straw in curtailed benefits:  a cutback in free beer. More…

Benefits pros have long questioned the value of providing tuition-assistance.

After all, won’t employees’ new degrees just make them more likely to leave for greener salary pastures? More…

Read this brief background on a lawsuit involving the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) and decide whether you think the employer won. More…

Whenever a company switches benefit plan carriers, there’s always the potential for unexpected problems during the changeover. More…

There’s no other employee health threat that costs organizations more – in both financial and human terms – than cancer. More…

How does your retirement-plan participation rate stack up against other employers’? More…