Compliance headaches and a fast-approaching deadline have benefit administrators scrambling to prepare.

Voluntary critical illness sales almost doubled in 2009 as compared to 2008, according to Eastbridge Consulting Group's annual U.S. Worksite Sales Report.

The Obama administration announced new rules Tuesday that set aside billions of dollars in incentive payments to health care professionals and hospitals that adopt qualifying electronic health records over the next five years.

Aon Corp. agreed to buy Hewitt Associates, Inc. for $4.9 billion in cash and stock, according to an announcement Monday.

According to a new survey from Buck Consultants, 66 percent of employers have implemented at least four programs intended to reduce stress.

Sixty-three percent of HR professionals say the recession negatively affected their employee benefit offerings "to some extent" within the past year, according to a new report from the Society for Human Resource Management.

Nearly 80 percent of employers have reported experiencing a problem or issue with their health insurance carrier during the past 12 months. In areas of where improvement is needed, service trumps cost.

A new study finds workers who have access to employer-sponsored dependent care supports like worksite child care report they are healthier than employees without access to these benefits.