Benefits Manager

The U.S. Internal Revenue Service issued guidance to clarify the tax treatment of employer-provided cell phones, which no longer defines cell phones as listed property that generally necessitates additional recordkeeping by taxpayers.

Youre involved with your companys employee benefit plans. Maybe youre in the HR department in a big company or someone wearing many hats in a small business. In either case, you may have a lot more fiduciary liability than you realize and even be personally liable if an employee brings...

Stephen Moses, a man who has spent years fighting the rules that let relatively affluent people qualify for Medicaid nursing home benefits, got a chance today to explain his position to members of Congress.

The federal government has sued retail chain Bass Pro Outdoor World, alleging racial discrimination in its hiring practices dating back to 2005.

A new study delivered to lawmakers on the congressional debt panel says the government could save more than $125 billion on medical care for the most frail Medicare and Medicaid patients.

Some Rhode Island lawmakers predicted Wednesday that plans to overhaul the public retirement system will set off long, expensive legal battles with public worker unions.

The Internal Revenue Service is offering a break to employers who come clean about wrongly classifying workers as independent contractors to avoid paying federal payroll taxes, the agency announced Wednesday.

In exchange for an agreement to create 5,100 union jobs in the U.S., General Motors will hire thousands of less expensive employees and try to replace some longtime workers.