Danielle Andrus

With the national unemployment rate at nearly 10 percent, workers are looking for a lifeline.

Average annual premiums for 2009 are on the rise, but, bucking a long-standing trend, premiums for single coverage showed only a slight increase over 2008. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation's annual national survey, conducted jointly

Percentage of employers who said they made changes as a result of the recession.

Employers increasingly turn to automated tools to increase retirement plan success.

Over 70 percent of hospitals without an EHR said they lacked the capital to implement the technology.

Optimistic findings from the latest Intuit Payroll survey show 44 percent of small business owners are planning to hire new employees within the next 12 months, and 60 percent see their business growing.

Rep. Jim McDermott has offered a bill that would provide 13 weeks of extended unemployment benefits to people who live in states where the unemployment rate exceeds 8.5 percent...

Unemployment may be easing, according to a survey by CareerBuilder.com and Robert Half International Inc. Workforce Management reports that over half of employers plan to hire full-time employees in the next 12 months. Still, employers say